Reply-To :Re: This Mailinglist

[kloschi at subsignal.org]

On 7 Jan 2005, at 23:42, Sean Miller wrote:
>
> it's very unusual to everybody, kloschi, except the "mailing list 
> mafia" who invent statistics to suggest that all mailing lists are 
> so...
> ...right thinking people are quite aware that 95% of lists are "reply 
> to list", but these misguided folks suggest alternative statistics 
> that say that *all* lists are "reply to sender".
> it is a lost cause -- in the meantime we're all berated for not using 
> "ximian evolution" which has, because it is presumably written by 
> folks that are similarly deluded, a button entitled "reply to mailing 
> list"... so, consequently, right cannot prevail because we all have to 
> succomb to the Novell conspiracy and change our perfectly good e-mail 
> clients to keep these strange folks happy.

lol ; )
yeah, I was just very surprised.
strangely I had the luck that all (!) mailinglists I joined so far
had the reply-to set, so I was wondering which conspiracy was going
on in ubuntu-users. and while managing a couple of dozen mailinglists
by myself, I ever used the reply-to list as default, just to prevent
dumb users like me to just reply-and-send.

as you  guided me into the right direction, I have to apologize not
using the blessed ximian.

> this is not community -- if it were community the majority would be 
> asked for their opinion. as it is, everytime i ask it is a "done 
> deal"... and I am pointed at the "archives" (where you will, 
> incidently, find yet more upset people asking for "reply to list")

yeah, I forgot the archives. I just thought this list might not be
that old, maybe it wasn't discussed before.
Maybe we should start a poll anywhere? On the wiki?
; )

I'd really appreciate to hear the list-owners thoughts
about that.
Is there a good reason for reply-to-user?

Best regards,
kloschi

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its better to burn out than to fade away ..