Taking a poll on mail client reply

[David Nicol]

On 1/12/06, Monty J. Harder <mjharder at gmail.com> wrote:

> address.  The confusion over the difference between these two practices
> leads many people to oppose what is IMO the best way to manage a mailing
> list.
>
> The whole point of an email list is group discussion.  The default reply
> should include the list and the individual.  With both addresses in the To
> and/or Cc fields, it's easy to delete one if desired.  At a minimum, each
> user should have the option to set this behavior in the listserv software.

There you go again, espousing absolutes.

There may be mailing lists with different whole points.  The culture of each
mailing list is different.  There are mailing lists where one is expected to
post only announcement-level news, and discussion concerning
particular announcements
proceeds in off-list discussions, occasionally sharing the results of
these caucuses
with the main stream.  For instance.  With your definitions the point of such
a list would be introducing people to have off-list discussions.


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David L Nicol
These hemigluteal shenannigans do not
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