All,
I agree -- the new system has presulted in a major reduction in the
signal-to-noise ratio on the list.
The fact that you can't reply direct to a message author without cutting and
pasting the address from the original message puts this beyond the
capability of many on the list and has led to mail-storms like responses to
requests for an individual's e-mail address, congratulations on the birth of
new children, responses to dinner invitations et al. There is, of course,
nothing wrong with any of these except that they are appropriate subjects
for a private response -- not for broadcasting to the remainder of the
readership.
John & Nigel: Please can we go back to "reply to" for a private response and
"reply to all" for a response which the rest of the list might find
interesting. It might cause us to miss a few messages from users who use
"reply to" inadvertently but most of them will notice that their message
hasn't appeared on the list and will re-send it. For the rest, I would
rather miss one or two potentially useful messages than wade through
hundreds of well intentioned but useless ones.
Best regards,
Nick
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Subject: Re: 'Reply To'
John Cliff & Nigel,
I don't think we'll solve this problem, (which also annoys me) until we have
the old system back.
What do others think?
Dave Simpson
dave_simpson@londonweb.net
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