FreeLists / webproducers / [webproducers] Re: E-mail list design (Was Re: Freelance web design)

[Lee Semel <lsemel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This seems to be a widespread problem in dealing with email lists.  I think the 
e-mail programs themselves need to handle this better.  When a message has both 
the From: and Reply-To: headers and they are not identical, as is the case with 
most e-mail discussion lists, the e-mail program should warn you of the 
ambiguity, and explicity ask you to which address you want to reply.


>I don't know if I agree with this.  In my experience on discussion list, 
>hitting reply always replies to the group.  Private replies are relatively 
>unusual, hence the current problems.
>
>At 09:59 AM 09/29/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>Perhaps we are observing problematic design in action here.  So, a note to
>>the list admin:  Consider setting the reply-to address as the original
>>sender rather than the group.  From my experience, that is the more
>>conventional setting, and it would appear that others have similar
>>expectations.
>>
>>-Anders
>>
>>On 9/28/02 7:25 PM, Grant Larimer at grant@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Shoot, I just did it too.  Sorry
>> >
>> > Grant Larimer
>> > 646.279.3426
>> > grant@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >
>> >
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