Mellotronists

> From: jeffc@...
   > Sender: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
   > 
   > > Because the list admin set this list up to follow email
   > > standards.
   > 
   > i still disagree with that logic.
   > 
   > i use pine.  my choice is [r] and it asks "reply to all?"  in
   > which case, if i said yes, the OP [original poster] would receive
   > two copies of the message [which happens to me a couple time a
   > month

That's very traditional email behavior, and it's a feature in at least
two ways: it describes your intent really well -- you really do want
to send a reply "to" the original poster, and you really do want to
"cc" the list.  And the primary recipient gets an opportunity to see
your reply before the rest of the list.  

   > so, Don: would you consider changing the function if there were a
   > poll of members and that a majority prefered replying to the list
   > as the default? just asking...

Nope.  I'm a big fan of internet standards, I don't see any compelling
reasons to change the settings or violate the standards, and adding
the Reply-to: field introduces significant problems.

Hey, it's one of the luxuries of being a list manager.  :-)

Besides, there's always going to be someone whose preferences are
different, or someone using a weird mail program that works
differently.  Such is life.

  -- Don


-- 
Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don@...
http://www.till.com