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Re: [OM] GILES: [OT]: of course: +40/2 stuff

Subject: Re: [OM] GILES: [OT]: of course: +40/2 stuff
From: Volkhart Baumgaertner <kyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 16:09:24 +0200
Yo,

on Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:29:29 +0000, Dirk Wright wrote:

>Giles, I suggest that the list software be changed so that the "reply to:" 
>field is the email address of the person sending the message rather than the 
>whole list. I think this would cut down on list traffic.

Yes, but it would also cut down on postings of common interest. Frequently,
on a few mailing lists that handle it the way you suggest, I see a question
posted and think "Gee, that's interesting, gotta look out for the replies",
but no replies ever make it to the list. Now, of course it's possible that
there simply were no replies, but I'm pretty sure that more often the
replies just were never sent to the list because the person replying just
hit the reply-button without thinking about how the reply-to in the original
message was set. Lots of valuable information are lost to the majority of
the list members this way. I therefore prefer that the OM-List be kept the
way it is; I have a delete-button for stuff that I don't want.


MtFbwy,
Volkhart

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