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  • From: Robert Melton <lists AT robertmelton.com>
  • To: Greg Priest-Dorman <gpriestdorman AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: Zachary Kline <zkline AT speedpost.net>, Ľuboš Pinteš <lubos.pintes AT gmail.com>, Emacspeaks <emacspeak AT emacspeak.net>
  • Subject: Re: [Emacspeak] Something is broken on our list
  • Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:36:16 -0400

Greg--

I wish all lists did this after getting used to it from this list.

It is easy to fix "I just sent to Greg" by mistake, and it is impossible
to fix "I just sent to everyone".

Right behavior IMHO.

> On Apr 10, 2024, at 11:09, Greg Priest-Dorman (via emacspeak Mailing List)
> <emacspeak AT emacspeak.net> wrote:
>
> The list behavior is currently set to work as Zack describes. "Reply" sends
> to the individual who sent the last post, "Reply All" adds the "To" and
> "CC" addresses from the email.
>
> A number of years back we decided to set it this way so that sending to the
> entire list is more of a conscious choice. The thinking is that this helps
> prevent accidental posting to the list messages that are intended for
> individuals. Better for the mistake to be "0h, I only sent that to Tim, let
> me resend it to the list" than "Crap! I just sent THAT to the entire list?
> I wonder if Greg will remove it from the archive if I ask nicely?"
>
> I am on lists that are set each of these ways and as you can probably tell,
> our configuration is what I prefer. That said, I post so infrequently, that
> I don't count my opinion on this as holding much weight. If we want this
> changed, it can be. If anyone feels strongly enough about this to start a
> thread discussing it, please feel free to do so, if you would rather
> express your views privately to me, that's fine as well.
>
> -Greg
>
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> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 5:46 AM Zachary Kline <emacspeak AT emacspeak.net>
> wrote:
> Reply to all adds the mailing list in the CC field, as demonstrated here.
> Best,
> Zack.
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 10, 2024, at 4:55 AM, Ľuboš Pinteš <emacspeak AT emacspeak.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using Thubderbird. And both "Reply" and "Reply to all" will send a
> > message to the sender, not to the mailing list.
> >
> > So I don't know if something is broken on my system, or on our mailing
> > list.
> >
> >
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