On 05Jul2010 18:25, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...snip...] | > (2) Most posts provoke discussion. If the original poster is not | > subscribed to the list, they will probably get dropped from the | > discussion at some point, and not realize the full benefit of the | > discussion. Also, it's likely that they will at some point respond | > privately to a post in the discussion, leaving an incomplete record for | > the subscribers and the list archives. | | No, they will not. When mailing lists don't munge the Reply-To header, | everybody is forced to "reply to all", which means the Cc list is | automatically kept. Demonstably false. My mother routinely forgets reply-to-all and sends directly to me when a wider audience is suitable. And this happens with list email as well. | Also, you seem to think that the mailing list settings prevent people | from doing what they want. That's not the case, if I want to reply to | you privately, I can do that regardless of the settings. Wanna see? And the same for the reply-to. This works both ways. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ There is a chasm of carbon and silicon the software can't bridge - Haiku Error Messages http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
