[BusyBox] OT: mailing list setup

[Aizer Danny-BDA023]

Pictures of cats are always welcome in my mailbox.

/Danny

-----Original Message-----
From: busybox-bounces at mail.codepoet.org
[mailto:busybox-bounces at mail.codepoet.org]On Behalf Of Rob Landley
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:00 AM
To: busybox at mail.codepoet.org; Jason Schoon
Subject: Re: [BusyBox] OT: mailing list setup


On Tuesday 15 March 2005 04:38 pm, Jason Schoon wrote:
> I second the motion.  I have mistakenly replied directly, rather than
> posting to the list, far too many times.

And I'd much rather the list didn't do this.  The message isn't being sent by 
the list, it's being sent by a person.  If I want to reply to everybody on 
the list, I hit reply all.  If I want to reply to the person, I hit reply.

> It takes an extra effort on my part to use the reply-all button

And this is a bad thing why?

> , as that is generally not what I want to do.

So you want to change how the list works because hitting the button next to 
the button you normally hit is too much like work?

The purpose of a reply-to munge is to increase the number of off-topic threads 
on the list in hopes of not missing some vitally important thing somebody 
might accidentally say.  This never improves the signal to noise ratio, just 
the volume of posts from people who accidentally mean to reply to the 
individual and wind up replying to the list.  The real downside is the 
"accident" case involves broadcasting stuff to lots of people who the message 
was never indended to be of interest to.

I don't believe everything I say is so vital that if I accidentally forget to 
copy the list on some of my replies, people will be seriously deprived my 
glowing wit and my one and only authoritative response to whatever the 
question was.  I DO believe that if I start posting weather reports on here 
and pictures of my cats, it would annoy people.

Why does it seem that people who are newbie enough to have a problem 
remembering which button to press are always the ones who think all their 
responses are so vital for everyone to hear that they shouldn't have to 
remember to hold down the button when they want to be heard, but should have 
a live microphone at all times?  Maybe it's just me reading too much into 
stuff again...

Rob
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