willy@yponeinc.com
2004-Mar-21 18:54 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Important: The Asterisk Mailing list(newsubject)
Strongly Agree :) WW ----- Original Message Follows -----> The only thing I hate more than not having a proper > reply-to on a mailing list (one that replies to the LIST) > is the people who havn't been on the net long enough to > know how mailing lists work, and their whole function. > Mailing lists are communities. The primary function is to > share procedures, patches, fixes, workarounds, programming > knowledge, etc.. with the rest of the community. Its the > rare exception that once in a great while a topic strays > off and goes personal/off-list. This should happen when > the community cannot benefit from the discussion, such as > a private deal for equipment (which is sometimes frowned > upon with lists, but sometimes enjoyed), or some basic > hand-holding that goes beyond the scope of the list, and > that the rest of the listmembers should know. (I.E. > someone asking how to setup Linux, thus not having > anything to do with Asterisk, untill they get to the point > where they can install Asterisk). > > So, my vote is to keep the "reply-to" as going to the > list. Also, don't hijack subjects. If you are going to > use "reply" insted of post, at least re-write the subject > line! > > Please direct all flames privately, where they can be > properly transfered to /dev/null > > - - - Jon Myers > "Online" since 1985 (I know, not longer than alot of > prople, but more than a couple years). > > > > At 07:30 PM 3/21/2004 -0600, you wrote: > >On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 22:23, Darren Nickerson wrote: > >> Folks, > >> > >> I strongly support removing the current reply-to-list > setting, and you >> should too. > >> > >> Like many new list admins, I once thought the reply-to > was kewel. Requests >> to remove it kept coming up, ... > usually around the same time someone >> embarrassed > themselves by posting a personal reply/flame to the list. > >> Someone, in frustration, finally pointed me to the > following URL: >> > >> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html > >> > >> I saw the light. > >> > >> Please can the list admin step in and end this thread > by either: >> > >> a) announcing that the reply-to override has been > removed >> b) announcing their resignation ;-) > > > > > >I'm sorry you saw the wrong light. You are peering into a > light that >will anger many more of us to the point of > removing ourselves from the >list as it becomes impossible > to filter appropriately. > > >Reply to group has a nasty habit of piling up addresses > and then people >who have dropped out of the thread are > still getting barraged by >messages where their address is > still a part of it. > > >It is bad enough we have users too lame to click on a > link to the >submission url and instead just reply and > erase old content, your >suggestion would just make people > more likely to get nailed with >unrelated content. > > > >Open source software thrives by efficient and open > communications. To >start suggesting people take useful > commentary off list by making it >less easy to reply to > the list only reduces our resources. It also >starts a lot > of private communications and possibly private flame wars. > >If you post embarrassing information, or if your post > embarrass you in >public, maybe they didn't need to be > said in the first place. > > >Your aversion to fixing a to line when you take a message > off list is >not worth breaking good mail filtering. > > > >You can probably blame me for the original switch of the > Reply-To >header. I believe I am the one who requested it > soo long ago. >-- > >Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-usersWilly Wouters ypOne Publishing