Re: The way this discussion list is configured

Mike has summed up our position on the configuration of our lists  
very well here.

Sincerely,

Brian C.
Netsec at omni group dot com


On Sep 7, 2006, at 12:00 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> I'll say I like having "reply to sender" be the default for mailing  
> lists.
> You should have to make an explicit action to reply to the list  
> where tens
> or hundreds (or thousands?) of people are going to receive your  
> message.
>
> Think about it this way - the consequence of accidentally doing the  
> default
> reply when the list is "reply to sender" is that the list doesn't  
> get the
> message you sent (or the original poster gets 2 copies when you re- 
> post
> your message). If the list is "reply to list", the consequence of
> accidentally doing the default reply is that you've sent a private  
> message
> to the entire list.
>
> Besides, most capable email clients have a "Reply to Readers"  
> option which
> would get your To field pre-filled with the list's address.