It won't, however, prevent people from emailing myself and the list at the
same time to start a thread ;)
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Product Manager
Tucows Inc. - chuck@tucows.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Jeff
> Sent: June 28, 2002 10:15 AM
> To: discuss-list@opensrs.org
> Subject: Re: META: Reply-To on discuss-list
>
>
> Well done Mark - a well balanced email..
>
> But admittedly, the 'Reply-To' being set to the list could:
> 1/. cut down on the duplicates some people receive (one direct,
> one through
> the list)
> 2/. cut down on the 'Oops, I meant to send that to the list'
> errors that we
> all occassionally make
> and probably others I can't think of at the moment.
>
> Anyway, just food for thought..
>
> Regards
> Jeff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Jeftovic" <markjr@easydns.com>
> To: "Charles Daminato" <chuck@tucows.com>
> Cc: "Paul Chvostek" <paul@it.ca>; <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 11:37 PM
> Subject: Re: META: Reply-To on discuss-list
>
>
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Charles Daminato wrote:
> >
> > > We've held back making any significant modifications to the list since
> > > (for a long time now it seems) we've been in the works to
> move the list
> to
> > > a different program (we're going to use Lyris - once we get a couple
> > > glitches out).
> > >
> > > I'll see if I can't make a change shortly
> > >
> >
> >
> > Using "Reply-to" can set off a deep rooted theological debate.
> > See "Reply-to Considered Harmful" at
> >
> > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> >
> > or possibly "Reply-to Considered Useful" at
> >
> > http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml
> >
> > and gentlemen start your engines....
> >
> >
> > -mark
> >
> >
> > > Charles Daminato
> > > TUCOWS Product Manager
> > > chuck@tucows.com
> > >
> > > On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Paul Chvostek wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > This list tends to have *discussions*, and when you're early on in a
> > > > chain of Group Replies, the duplicates are annoying. Given the
> nature
> > > > of this list, is there an official reason why Tucows' list software
> > > > doesn't add a Reply-To pointing back to the list?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Paul Chvostek
> <paul@it.ca>
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> 598-0000
> > > > it.canada - hosting and development
> http://www.it.ca/
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > mark jeftovic
> > http://www.easydns.com
> > http://mark.jeftovic.net
> >
>
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