[ale] ALE reply-to changes needed??

[Thomas Holmquist]

I myself am on this list to learn, I would not know about that mozilla 
trick if the person who had answered only sent it to the person who asked...

James P. Kinney III wrote:

>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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>>>
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