Re: hello?

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman @ civicnet . org>]

On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Omar Thameen wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 07:05:39PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> > 
> > this list sets reply-to to the author of a message, so the default in
> > replying to a message is to send an answer just to the author - it takes
> > an extra step (e.g. reply to all) to send an answer to the list
> 
> You're missing the point.  This list doesn't set any reply-to and
> requires people to know the difference between "Reply" and "Group-Reply".

my original post was a reply to a specific question: why don't I see much
traffic, and I was simply pointing out two pieces of factual information:

i. that this list does not set reply-to: <the list>

ii. an implication of this is that many (most?) replies will not be seen
on the list - as the default is for responses to go only to a message's
author

the philosophic and religious wars about reply-to: <list> have been fought
enough times - opinions continue to differ - can we not start a new one
please

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