Re: [MacPerl] Re: [MacPerl-Forum] Mailing list idea

[Nat Irons <irons@apple.com>]

On 4/15/99 at 2:04 PM, vlb@cfcl.com (Vicki Brown) wrote:

> Personally, I like reply to list. I think we have the configuration as
> reply to sender because that's what Matthias had. The question is, what
> does the group want?  (I hate sending replies and discovering later they
> went only to one person...)

I think any measures which increase the thought involved in posting to a list
are a good thing.  I've done the above once or twice, and in both cases had
the option to resend to the list after I noticed it.  Not a big deal.

I appreciate never seeing messages quickly followed up with, "Oops, that was
supposed to be private," and I think the way Matthias set it up implies
placing a deliberate value on what you choose to send out to the public.  I
like it that way.  I see it as a trade-off of minor inconvenience vs.
signal/noise, and nothing trumps signal/noise.

If the lack of reply-to-list really bothers anyone, I don't know of a mail
client which won't allow some kind of workaround, like a reply-with-stationary
option.  Make the change locally.

  -nat

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