[ale] ALE reply-to changes needed??

[Benjamin Scherrey]

Indeed - when you reply to a posting on a mailing list - it should go to the damn list. Its pretty 
obvious! There's the ever-present [ale] in the subject to remind you. Now, to help those that cannot 
pay attention, I am being asked to have to make the extra effort to alter the "To:" field anytime I 
want to reply onlist to a posting and keep the conversation public (which is the whole point of 
having a list). That's very silly and the result will be more unresolved threads and less posting in 
general. It's a VERY rare occasion that a reply intended offlist shows up on the list and not worth 
the effort necessitated for the change. In fact, the embarrassment of such an act (which I myself 
have experienced) should be further conditioning to cause people to pay more attention. Certainly - 
if such a change is made, my actions will be my vote and I will be less inclined to participate or add 
to the discussion at all... that may cause you to rethink the change or desire it even more - but there 
it is.

	best regards,

		Ben Scherrey

4/12/2003 2:52:42 PM, "ChangingLINKS.com" <x3 at ChangingLINKS.com> wrote:

>Keep it how it is. The list (and it's archives) are more important than the 
>ability to have conversations off list.
>In the past, I believe that reply to all would paste the ale at ale.org AND the 
>sender so that I could simply remove the ale's address.
>
>Unfortunately, I think you will get more people speaking up for the change 
>than the preservation, only because it is a more important issue for the 
>minority that needs the change. I believe that archived voting on this issue 
>showed that the current method was preferred over the change. 
>
>Had the system been changed to what is proposed, half of those votes would 
>have ended up in private email boxes.
>
>Drew
>
>On Sat April 12 2003 07:48, Geoffrey wrote:
>> Based on feedback I've received, it appears to me that the configuration
>> of the mail list should be changed so that replies to posted messages
>> should default to the poster.  It is my understanding that replying to
>> all, will go to both the list and the poster in this type of configuration.
>>
>> I'd like to hear further comments before making any changes though.  As
>> in most democratic societies, top vote counts will win.  Bring it on...
>
>-- 
>Wishing you Happiness, Joy and Laughter,
>Drew Brown
>http://www.ChangingLINKS.com
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