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[Eric Dunbar]

> Do you really know that the majority want this changed?  The fact that
> some people have talked about this to the list, rendering the topic
> highly visible, doesn't mean that their views reflect that of an
> absolute majority of list members.

No we don't know what people like. Even though I'm no great fan of
"pluralities" this is a situation where it makes sense. There are a
lot of lurkers (who aren't affected by reply-to-sender except for this
thread), and users who don't care either way but it seems there are a
number of people who are irritated by reply-to-sender and (my
perception) fewer still who are married to reply-to-sender. Those who
*like* reply-to-sender/reply-to-list to be separate won't really be
affected by a change to reply-to-list as the default (unless they
carry on a *lot* of public-private conversations).

A poll will give us a sense of what is desired by those who care (not
a great way to run a 'democratic' process as can be seen by the
dysfunction in one particular rogue nation but for something as
pointless as reply-to-list vs reply-to-sender it'll suffice)

> > thats funny, because me too wants this thread to stop.
> > but if you as the majority decide that this thread goes on and that the
> > behavior of this list should change, than i have to accept decisions
> > made by others. funny, isnt it!?
> 
> Yep.

Fortunately my e-mailer stacks _all_ these responses on top of each
other so I only see _one_ entry regardless of the amount of hot air
that gets spilled on the topic.

Have fun and let's settle this thread SOON.

Eric.