[Tutor] [OT] Replies go to individuals, not the list?

[leam hall]

The only question I have is what is compelling about being different than
other lists? Far as I can tell, most reply to the list if you click reply.

It's not something to get religious over; if I reply and don't have time to
make sure it goes to those who might be interested, at least it will go to
the person I'm responding to. They can forward it on if it's important
enough.  :)

Leam


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Brian van den Broek <
brian.van.den.broek at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Aug 20, 2013 3:04 PM, "Andy McKenzie" <amckenzie4 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 20/08/13 13:15, Andy McKenzie wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yep.  Someone decided it didn't make sense for "reply" to go to the
> list
> >>> that sent the message
> >>
> >>
> >> Lists never send messages. People do.
> >>
> >> So reply goes to the *person* who sent the message.
>
> <snip>
>
> > The problem is, as far as I'm concerned the message came from the list.
> Needing to go to the dropdown and select "Reply to all" is just one extra
> movement, and it's one I have to make every single time I reply.  In all
> honesty, I can't think of a single time that I've wanted to reply to just
> the original sender:  that's the point of a mailing list, to have
> conversations on it.  I've occasionally been prompted to remember that I
> wanted to ask an individual something specific off-list, but it's never
> been a direct response to what was posted ON the list.
>
> <snip>
>
> > It's basically a practicality thing for me.  On a list where the vast
> majority of replies went to the original sender, I'd agree with you.  For
> something like this, it's just making me do extra work without providing me
> with an extra benefit.
>
> Hi all,
>
> Alan's argument seems compelling, but is principled, thus perhaps
> vulnerable to a `practicality beats purity' response.
>
> What tips me against reply to munging is the principle of least damage,
> itself eminently practical.
>
> Imagine the non-actual possible world where this list reply munges and in
> which I wished to write Andy directly to cast aspersions on Alan's
> character and ancestry out of a misguided belief that reply to munging is
> right. I hit reply and shortly afterwards realize that I am missing toes.
>
> In the actual world, I might have accidentally sent this solely to Andy
> out of inattention. Irksome, but I still have all 7 of my toes.
>
> Powerful software often can and ought allow one to shoot oneself in the
> foot. It ought not however be designed so that in one context, doing what
> is safe and normal in another context surprisingly points a firearm at your
> feet without the accompaniment of klaxons and lights. (And even then …)
>
> Best,
>
> Brian vdB
>
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