Becoming Like All the Others

[Mark Stewart]

This is not a real listserv any more.  If you remember a while ago it used to reside at the University of New Brunswick in eastern Canada.  At that time it was a real listserv.  Now is run through the use of majordomo software some where in the States. Majordomo a  glorified email program not a listserv.  There is a difference.

Mark Stewart
Consultants Club Corp., Canada

On Thu, 02 March 2000, "Oran Shapitka" wrote:

> 
> Just learn how to use your "Reply To All" button, to reply to the originator
> as well as the list.  The choice is yours.  That is why both buttons are
> there.
> 
> If it's not broken, why fix it.
> 
> Oran Shapitka
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
> [mailto:owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu]On Behalf Of James B. Byrne
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 11:56 AM
> To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject: Re: Becoming Like All the Others
> 
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Chris Sharman [mailto:Chris.Sharman@ccagroup.co.uk]
> 
>   >>On every other list I've ever subscribed to (and that's quite a few -
>   >>maybe I should get a life), the Reply-To address in the mail header has
>   >>been set to the *list address*. On this list it's the *originator
>   >>address*, which makes it easy to turn a discussion off-list
>   >>accidentally.
>   >>
>   >>Is there any chance of making this list like all the others?
> 
>   Which would you rather have?
> 
>   a.) A public message inadvertently send to only one person, and then send
> to the list when the error is discovered;
> 
>   or
> 
>   b.) A private, and possibly embassingly frank, message sent accidentally
> to a public mailing lists and archived on the internet, with no hope of
> recovery or removal.
> 
>   It is quite common that lists are set up so that a simple reply will go
> directly to the original writer whose message to the list you are replying
> to. It is far less common that the default reply address is the list owner.
> 
>   The other common practice, of having the default reply target being the
> list address itself, leads to all sorts of problems; as when a mal-formed
> e-mail responder program generates a feedback loop between itself and the
> list management software.
> 
>   I belong to a great number of technical mailing lists and I am not aware
> of any of these that have the list set as the default reply address.
> 
>   Regards,
>   Jim
> 
> ---
> James B. Byrne                Harte & Lyne Limited
> vox: +1 905 561 1241          9 Brockley Drive
> fax: +1 905 561 0757          Hamilton, Ontario
> mailto:byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca  Canada L8E 3C3
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