> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Yan [mailto:tyan at twcny.rr.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 9:21 PM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Straw Poll about "Reply-to" (was: Damiano's Lute) > Well, it won't necessarily convince anyone, but let's have a > little poll: > > 1. Have you accidentally sent a private reply instead of posting to > the list? Yes. Many times. > 1'. Have you accidentally posted to the list instead of sending a > private reply? Uh...why would I want to send a a private reply? > 2. Have you received an accidental private reply that was meant to go > to the list? Yes. More than once. > 3. When you get a message that was sent to you instead of the list, do > you feel obliged to query the sender to ask him or her if it was > meant to private instead of to the list? Yes. Which means it generates a huge waste of time. :) > 4. Has the Reply-To behavior of this list caused you confusion when > posting to other mailing lists, perhaps even causing you to > accidentally send a private e-mail instead of posting or vice > versa? No...because other lists work properly. :) :) :) > 5. How do you feel about the Reply-To behavior of this list? > Do you > + love it > + like it > + don't much care > + dislike it > + hate it > + hate it, Hate It, HATE IT! At a minimum, "hate it", if not "hate it, hate it, HATE IT!"..."You know that stuff that's left in a chamberpot after you empty it?..."