[SI-LIST] Re: si-list administrivia

Ray,

I prefer things the way that they are.  It seems simple enough to 
understand that the reply is to the list, and if a private correspondence 
is desired, enter the address by hand.

Regards,

Steve
At 03:20 PM 7/24/01 -0700, you wrote:


>I'd like to pose a quick question to the list membership.
>
>There has been a bit of discussion (both today and in the past) regarding
>the function of the "Reply To:" and "Reply To All:" functions on si-list.
>
>A. Present Functionality is:
>
>         "Reply To:" sends a message back to the list.          (which I 
> personally like)
>         "Reply To All:" sends two messages back to the list    (which is 
> pretty useless)
>
>
>B. We can easily implement alternate functionality:
>
>
>         "Reply To:" sends a message back to the sender.
>         "Reply To All:" sends a message to both the sender and the list.
>
>
>I've been kind of resisting changing anything as I remember the confusion that
>ensued the last time we toyed with this a couple years ago, but perhaps it
>is time to make things work 'right' whatever that is.
>
>
>I'm soliciting comments: Do you prefer mode "A" (the way it presently is) 
>or mode "B"
>(the alternate functionality) ?
>
>Please reply directly to me rather than to the list (to enhance the 
>technical signal to
>noise ratio on the list). After I gather a reasonable number of opinions 
>I'll summarize
>the responses and modify (or not) the way the REPLY function works on list 
>messages.
>
>-Ray Anderson
>Sun Microsystems Inc.
>
>Staff SI Engineer & (si-list admin)
>
>
>
>
>
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