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It's a serverwide setting and so far it looks like most
people want to keep it the way it is.
I will ask the list for the list software if there is a
way to have the original sender in the cc line as well but
I can't promise anything.
Vern
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:06:38 -0400
"Rosalie B." <> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:27:21 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>> Another thing that I don't like is that the option to
>>>respond directly
>>> to someone has been taken away. It can still be done,
>>>but only if you
>>> can figure out the person's address. It isn't
>>>automatic.
>>>
>>Well there is a setting to change the way the addresses
>>show up however I think most people would rather be able
>>to hit reply and have it go to the list.
>
> What is the setting.
>>
>>I honestly thing that more bandwidth is taken up the
>>other
>>way because in order to make it easy to reply to the list
>>most people hit reply to all. As more people get
>>involved
>>in the thread the reply to all list grows and now you are
>>sending messages to the list and 10 other people.
>>
> That is indeed what is happening, but it isn't the way
>it is supposed
> to work. IMHO, what is needed is to have the reply to
>the list be the
> default, and the "Reply All" to include the address of
>the person you
> are answering.
>
> Just backwards of the way the original L-A list had it.
>
> That way it would be easy to reply off the list by just
>cutting the CC
> and putting it in the To line. Which is more or less
>the same as what
> I do now in order to keep from replying to everyone when
>I reply all -
> that is cut the list address out of the CC line and
>substituting it
> for the individual addresses.
>
> Also it would be polite, if you are responding to
>someone AND posting
> to the list to write "(posted and emailed)" at the top.
>
>>I think for the most part any thread that is on topic
>>should be going to the list because many people are
>>interested in what the response to questions are. Also
>>someone may want to find that information later in the
>>archives.
>>
>>The senders name is always in the message headder and I
>>would encourage people to send messages directly to the
>>sender if they are of no interest to the list.
>>
> I just tried that, but it makes it hard to quote.
>
>>Thanks,
>>Vern
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