Re: List Ettiquette
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 2009-08-29 22:31, Neal Hogan wrote:
>>
>> <using gmail . . . rich formatting . . . clicked "repy to all">
>> <oh . . . and this is top-posted>
>> get over the email format!
>
> I know. Lost that war a long time ago...
>
>> gmail provides a nice gui-riffic format that many feel comfortable
>> using. I don't get where this complaining about client usage is going.
>> If you a want more "pure" OS, then . . . ummmm . . . go somewhere
>> else.
>>
>> Ron (et al) . . . you seem to have no problem responding to the
>> majority of posts to this list. Is it really a matter of principle? We
>> understand that you "hate" gmail, but when you respond to this post
>> you will be admitting that it has no real affect on the overall debain
>> project.
>>
>> </top posting is an issue . . . not a gmail issue>
>> </I hope that you can read this>
>
> Huh?
Just closing the gmail message (i.e., failed joke). I guess it should
have been past tense.
>
>> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2009-08-29 21:21, Celejar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:51:04 -0700
>>>> "Kevin Ross" <Kevin@FamilyRoss.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> If this is official Debian policy, then why don't they set the Reply-To
>>>>> header to be the list? As it is now, every time I reply, I have to
>>>>> manually
>>>>> edit the addressee list. Hitting Reply only goes to the original
>>>>> poster.
>>>>> Reply All goes to the poster and the list.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.html
>>>>
>>>> I know that there's another side to the debate.
>>>
>>> <QUOTE>
>>> Since Reply-To munging adds additional functionality, it
>>> actually increases freedom of choice. Not only can you now
>>> reply only to the list, you still have the option to reply
>>> to the original author, or to all recipients, easily and
>>> conveniently.
>>> </QUOTE>
>>>
>>> Except... that's not true. On the lists I'm subscribed to which do
>>> reply-to
>>> munging, both <Reply> and <Reply All> only reply to the list address.
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