Re: [Evolution] New Evolution installation -- three short questions

["Stan Goodman" <stan goodman hashkedim com>]

** Reply to message from "Art Alexion" <art RHD ORG> on Mon, 14 Jan 2008
09:00:04 -0500


> On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 01:42 -0500, Stan Goodman wrote:
> > > > Additional question (I joined this list only last night}: Is it
> > possible
> > > > to configure the list so that it is THE LIST'S address that comes
> > up in
> > > > replying, rather than the composer's?
> > >
> > > That's a holy war issue.  IMHO the evo list is correct, the reply is
> > set
> > > to the sender - if you want to reply to the list, then do Ctrl-L.
> > It's
> > > done that way so that you have to make a conscious effort to send a
> > > message to thousands of people.
> >
> > Clear. On most lists that I have joined, people don't want to get
> > private email from other users; I guess I'm used to that. Since you
> > wrote yours to the list, I suppose I should reply the same way; I hope
> > that's right. 
>
> Truly a holy war issue.  My thought is why have a list if you are only
> going to be replying to a single person.  I find it much easier to
> remember the rare occasion when a private response is warranted.  With
> this list, I too often tend to send private responses when I meant to
> reply to the list, but so be it.

Well said. Or, for those who like to keep things intimate, at least provide a
user option.

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel


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