[ale] ALE reply-to changes needed??

[James P. Kinney III]

I want the simple choice of directly replying to the original poster
with the content of the original post intact. The original post did not
come from ALE. It came from an individual. 

And before everyone who is in love with this current, broken system
starts flaming me, yes I know I can reply to the original poster by
jumping through lots of extra hoops. I shouldn't have to. My Linux
system is SUPPOSED to make my life easier by letting me get things done
quicker. If I have to edit the mailto: field to remove ALE and replace
it with the original poster address, I have spent more time doing a task
than I use to need to. 

Since the list was migrated to the new server, the archives have been
storing the flotsam and jetsam sent to the entire list that used to be
taken offline immediately by using the reply instead of the reply-all.

Then there is the simple logic of the situation. I am supposed to have
two choices of reply. Choice one, reply to the person in the From field;
choice two, reply to the group as a whole. But as it stands right now, I
don't. Since both reply types have the same effect, it is broken.

Fix it.

I guess the crowd that LIKES it broken is more accustomed to using
broken software than I am. Hmmm. I wonder what they are using for a mail
client?

On Sat, 2003-04-12 at 16:27, Benjamin Scherrey wrote:
> Indeed - when you reply to a posting on a mailing list - it should go to the damn list. Its pretty 
> obvious! There's the ever-present [ale] in the subject to remind you. Now, to help those that cannot 
> pay attention, I am being asked to have to make the extra effort to alter the "To:" field anytime I 
> want to reply onlist to a posting and keep the conversation public (which is the whole point of 
> having a list). That's very silly and the result will be more unresolved threads and less posting in 
> general. It's a VERY rare occasion that a reply intended offlist shows up on the list and not worth 
> the effort necessitated for the change. In fact, the embarrassment of such an act (which I myself 
> have experienced) should be further conditioning to cause people to pay more attention. Certainly - 
> if such a change is made, my actions will be my vote and I will be less inclined to participate or add 
> to the discussion at all... that may cause you to rethink the change or desire it even more - but there 
> it is.
> 
> 	best regards,
> 
> 		Ben Scherrey
> 
> 4/12/2003 2:52:42 PM, "ChangingLINKS.com" <x3 at ChangingLINKS.com> wrote:
> 
> >Keep it how it is. The list (and it's archives) are more important than the 
> >ability to have conversations off list.
> >In the past, I believe that reply to all would paste the ale at ale.org AND the 
> >sender so that I could simply remove the ale's address.
> >
> >Unfortunately, I think you will get more people speaking up for the change 
> >than the preservation, only because it is a more important issue for the 
> >minority that needs the change. I believe that archived voting on this issue 
> >showed that the current method was preferred over the change. 
> >
> >Had the system been changed to what is proposed, half of those votes would 
> >have ended up in private email boxes.
> >
> >Drew
> >
> >On Sat April 12 2003 07:48, Geoffrey wrote:
> >> Based on feedback I've received, it appears to me that the configuration
> >> of the mail list should be changed so that replies to posted messages
> >> should default to the poster.  It is my understanding that replying to
> >> all, will go to both the list and the poster in this type of configuration.
> >>
> >> I'd like to hear further comments before making any changes though.  As
> >> in most democratic societies, top vote counts will win.  Bring it on...
> >
> >-- 
> >Wishing you Happiness, Joy and Laughter,
> >Drew Brown
> >http://www.ChangingLINKS.com
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