Nate Carlson wrote: >On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Ryan O'Rourke wrote: > > >>Can someone please explain to me why it might be preferential to have >>the default set to reply only to an individual and not to the entire >>list? >> >> > >I happen to think it's very broken behavior myself; but users who aren't >used to mailing lists seem to expect that when they click "Reply", it will >go to the person, and when they click "Reply All", it will go to the list. >*shrugs* > >Personally, it annoys the heck out of me to get a direct copy of the >message instead of just receiving it through the listserv. Procmail rules >on List-Id don't work very well on direct replies, after all! > > > Yes, most people expect that a reply to a message should be on-list. I think it should follow the newsgroup reply ettiquette personally. If you asked a question on-linst, you should expect a response on-list. Others, while not actively participating in the communication are very likely interested in the entire conversation. -- Thomas T. Veldhouse Key Fingerprint: 07C7 BF05 4176 F50B A083 4542 0118 1315 761F D300 Spammers please contact me at renegade at veldy.net.