[ADMIN] Plea for sanity (was:Re: [Zope] Re: full-text retrieval app)

[Ed Leafe]

On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 08:45  AM, Anthony Baxter wrote:

> Look, the simple answer to this is that all decent mail reading 
> software
> gives you the choice to either reply directly to the poster, or to the
> poster and the list, or to the list. Who are you to say "no, you must
> reply to the list", and to make the mailing list software mangle 
> headers
> in an attempt to make this happen?

	OK, if it's that easy, why did you "choose" to send two copies of your 
message to me? Please explain why that makes sense.

	I also think that "mangle headers" is an interesting choice of words. 
Every server that processes mail alters the headers for different 
reasons. Adding a "Reply-To" header is no more "mangling" than adding 
an "Errors-To" header. Why are you not objecting to that sort of 
"header mangling" by this list? Probably because "Errors-To" supplies 
additional information that helps the list function better. "Reply-To" 
is no different.

	Also, what percentage of the time is replying off-list appropriate? 
IMO, lists serve to support others by sharing knowledge. Replying 
off-list (the default) shares knowledge with one person; replying to 
the list shares it with all list members, and could also save someone 
the time of replying to a question that had already been answered.


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