Re: [OT] Re: So, is this list dead?

On Feb 10, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Joshua Root wrote:

> Christian Roth wrote:
>>>>> If you don't want to reply to the sender of the message, why are  
>>>>> you
>>>>> using Reply?
>>>> Which other, more appropriate command are you suggesting?
>>> Depends exactly what you _do_ want to do.
>>
>> I want to reply to the list, since only by replying to the list,  
>> others
>> can benefit or react to my answer. If I reply to the sender only,  
>> nobody
>> else sees it, so the list would become just a list of questions.
>>
>> The bad thing with "reply to sender" on lists is that mostly those  
>> who
>> advocate its use don't handle it correctly, specifically: they use
>> "reply to all" without editing the recipients list, which i consider
>> rude: I got your message twice (once directly, once via the list),  
>> and
>> am forced to handle the duplicate (i.e. delete it manually).
>
> All the list software I've used will prevent duplicates being  
> received.
> You got a duplicate of my earlier reply because of an unrelated  
> failure
> on my part, since I initially sent from the wrong address and the list
> rejected it.

Hi Everyone,

Indeed, our list software also does this, it should filter out the  
duplicate email and just send one to all appropriate parties when  
doing a reply to all. I also wanted to add a link that tries to  
explain why this list works the way it does when you hit reply:

<http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html>

I apologize if it doesn't work to your liking but we do feel that we  
are using the correct behavior here.

Thanks!
-Troy