wine users - Dec 2004 - reply should be to: wine-users@winehq.org not author

M-Halo wrote:
>--- "James E. LaBarre" <jamesl@bestweb.net> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>>On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 08:27 -0800, Duane Clark
>>>      
>>>
>>wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>>(You need to hit "Reply-all" so that responses go
>>>>        
>>>>
>>to the list, instead 
>>    
>>
>>>>of just to me.)
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Sorry, The Fedora list mail comes "from" the list,
>>>      
>>>
>>so I never check the
>>    
>>
>>>to in the reply.
>>>      
>>>
>>I just wish you folks would stop whining when you
>>get a message that should
>>have gone to the list.  As long as the list insists
>>upon varying from
>>*expected* behavior (regardless on whether or not
>>it's correct), you must
>>expect to get misdirected messages.
>>    
>>
>
>No whining.  Sometimes people forget, and you have to
>remind them about this or send the message back to the
>alias.  Personally, unless the conversation leads to
>something offline (from the alias), I prefer to keep
>the message in the alias' eyes.
>  
>
Why does this mailing list do that? Can't it be configured like most 
other lists for reply to: wine-users@winehq.org

I often forget to look at the To: to see who it's going to --- I just 
assume that when I hit "reply" the msg will go back to the list (as it
should.  it is a "distribution list" after all)

brad

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--- Brad Fuller <brad@sonaural.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> M-Halo wrote:
> 
> >--- "James E. LaBarre" <jamesl@bestweb.net> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>>On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 08:27 -0800, Duane Clark
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>(You need to hit "Reply-all" so that responses
> go
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>to the list, instead 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>>of just to me.)
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>Sorry, The Fedora list mail comes "from" the
> list,
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>so I never check the
> >>    
> >>
> >>>to in the reply.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>I just wish you folks would stop whining when you
> >>get a message that should
> >>have gone to the list.  As long as the list
> insists
> >>upon varying from
> >>*expected* behavior (regardless on whether or not
> >>it's correct), you must
> >>expect to get misdirected messages.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >No whining.  Sometimes people forget, and you have
> to
> >remind them about this or send the message back to
> the
> >alias.  Personally, unless the conversation leads
> to
> >something offline (from the alias), I prefer to
> keep
> >the message in the alias' eyes.
> >  
> >
> Why does this mailing list do that? Can't it be
> configured like most 
> other lists for reply to: wine-users@winehq.org
> 
> I often forget to look at the To: to see who it's
> going to --- I just 
> assume that when I hit "reply" the msg will go back
> to the list (as it 
> should.  it is a "distribution list" after all)
*shrugs*  I don't think incoming messages are filtered
through anything so that "wine-users@winehq.org" is
appended to every "from" field.  :S  In any case, I'm
just a user of the alias; I have no ideas what the
guts look like! :)

Hiji


	
		
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>  
>  I often forget to look at the To: to see who it's going to --- I just
> assume that when I hit "reply" the msg will go back to the list
(as it
> should.  it is a "distribution list" after all)
>  
>  brad
>  
Then consider keeping your eyes open. 

Let's explore the other case. You don't like something that someone
said. You blindly hit reply and type in a flame message. In your mind,
with your eyes closed, you think this ugly message is going to the
individual but it goes to the list.

Which is a bigger problem?

In my experience you just have to watch. I'm on about 20 lists. They
seem to break about 60/40 in your favor, but it's not like this one is
really out in left field by itself.

Cheers,
Mark

Brad Fuller wrote:
> Why does this mailing list do that? Can't it be configured like most 
> other lists for reply to: wine-users@winehq.org
> 
> I often forget to look at the To: to see who it's going to --- I just 
> assume that when I hit "reply" the msg will go back to the list
(as it
> should.  it is a "distribution list" after all)
Most lists I'm on default to replying to the individual who sent the 
email, so I don't think we can safely generalize that "most other
lists"
use the list address as the default reply-to.

I've even been on lists in which replies were REQUIRED to be sent to the 
originating individual, who was then responsible for summarizing the 
replies, along with the answer/solution to the original post, and 
sending only the SUMMARY back to the list. Helps keep list archives a 
bit more manageable size, I guess.	

-- 
David
gnome@hawaii.rr.com