[Moo] This List, replies

[Morvyth verch Morgan]

AMEN!!

~Morvyth

On Apr 5, 2005, at 10:21 PM, Celia Friedman wrote:

> For what it's worth, I passionately HATe the "reply to sender only" 
> option, don't understand why we've switched to it, and encourage the 
> mod to switch us back.
>  
> I am on several lists on that basis and even now, after month and 
> months of it, there is still information being lost all the time when 
> people forget.
>  
> Response to a list should go to the list, IMHO
>  
> Celia Friedman
> US2002045703 
> ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Mark Valente
> To: Moo List
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:21 PM
> Subject: [Moo] This List, replies
>
> Hello,
>  
>    I hate to revisit an issue that was discussed a while back but I 
> just notice a problem.  Recently our list moderater changed the reply 
> function on this list so that you reply to the individual who sent the 
> origional post rather that the whole list.  I responded that I 
> disagreed with this format because the "reply to" fuctionality of an 
> mailing list is the whole point of having the list set up in the first 
> place.
>    Last Friday I made an error when suggesting a restaraunt.  I said 
> that it was on Westfields when I actually meant Wellington rd.  It was 
> late Friday and I made an error.  On Monday someone responded about it 
> being too far away and I realised the error.  I replied to that 
> persons message to correct my error and thought it was going to the 
> entire list.  Today I recieved a number of e-mails from people who 
> were discussing the same topic. Some of them e-mailed the list and 
> others sent them directly to me. By the wording of they letters sent 
> directly to me they obviously thought they were addressing the whole 
> Barony. 
>     I agree that on rare occasion someone may reply to a list message 
> and sends something personal to the whole Barony they intended for 
> only one person.  Please also consider that if you accidentally reply 
> to an individual not the whole group then some folks could miss 
> important information.
>    If we choose to keep the format this way, everyone should avoid 
> making my mistake.  If you intend to reply to the whole group hit 
> "Reply All" not just reply.
>  
> Marcolo
>  
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