Re: reply-to

On 12/21/06, Mike Tibor <tibor@tibor.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, barsalou wrote:
>
> > I don't really have a preference, but I have to say, that I thought it
> > was working without the reply-to-all until recently...even if it always
> > was reply-to-all always...the change doesn't bother me.
> >
> > Is there anyone with a serious objection to making this change? If so,
> > please speak up and let us know why you feel the way you do so we can
> > make a well reasoned choice.
> >
> > Mike T., Can you explain your past position on this?
>
> Mine was pretty much the same as yours--I don't really care one way or the
> other. When I reply, I tend to take out the original poster's address and
> leave only the list address in the To: line, because I figure there's
> little point in sending two copies of the same message to the sender, so
> in that sense I guess you could say I have a *very* small preference
> toward Reply-to: being the list address. I have no problems going either
> way though.
>
> Mike
> ---------

After all the years I still laugh every single time I hear this thread
raised again.
Still only because I have come so far from when I first started to follow AKLUG.

In the beginning, I hated when replies-to pointed to the poster and
not the list.

In the middle, I started thinking this was a simple throttle control.
When reply-to points to the list it encrouages increased number of
replies, nested conversations, long conversations often pointless, top
posting, and all the rest. When reply-to points to the poster it
creates a lot of off-list chatter among people, keeps the archives and
list clean and direct but leads to a lot of shorter conversations
(on-list)

In the end, I side with Arther as the last word.

Today, I don't really care but I wager Arther was right all along.

I might suggest a schedule which this behavior might be changed or
switched so that during say 2 quarters a year the list promotes
chatter and at other time reduces it.

This provides for a schedule of increased chatter on-list rather than
a constant debate on switching it at all.

//kracker

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Received on Fri Dec 29 05:49:51 2006