Scott Glasgow wrote:
Adam Kuehn wrote:
Scott Glasgow wrote:
If I hit Reply All, it does go to the list, but sends a separate
copy to the sender (which can be annoying to the recipient, I would
imagine). [...]
This page was written for you:
<http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CssDiscussListHeaders>.[...]
I do not have a problem with this decision by the list moderators. I
do, however, wonder why this was not included in what seems to be
the list guidelines (the "very definite ground rules") or any other
of the information which I assiduously read whule subscribing.
Perhaps it should be. It is definitely a FAQ, and as such we have
put it on the Wiki, a link to which appears in the footer of every
list message. But since this does come up from time to time, perhaps
it needs to be more prominent. Thank you for the suggestion.
I am not a newbie to the Web, nor to online communications, having
watched lines of text being spelled out letter by letter at 300 baud
back in 1983 on a character-mode-only 9" inch amber monochrome
screen.
Dang, you've got me beat. My first home modem was 2400 baud, and I
could get 1200 baud on the school modems. I remember having to use
AT commands, too, and I thank the software gods that I no longer have
to remember what a DIP switch is.
Please do not patronize me. A simple reply (using Reply and not
Reply All) would have sufficed. I don't need "all should be right
with the world" (not accurate in any event because it depends upon
concrete action by every individual member to avoid duplicate
messages) or "public service" ( if it's so public, why not put it in
the information presented to all subscribers during the process of
subscription?).
But here I do sincerely apologize. I intended neither to patronize,
nor offend. I've been on lists that do Reply-To both ways, and it
can be disconcerting that this parameter varies from list to list. I
was making an attempt to be light-hearted about this
sometimes-annoying problem, but clearly the effort failed. I am
sorry.
I did, however, present that post as a public service. As I
mentioned, this comes up from time-to-time, and I felt that a post
from a moderator which reviewed the subject (especially including the
part about avoiding duplicates) would be a good thing. There is a
sharp divide as to whether or not our Reply-To policy is desirable,
and I wanted to make sure that those who feel inconvenienced by it
were reminded of a way we have to minimize some of the perceived
negative impact you mentioned in your original post.
I value this list, a great deal. The information available here is
both unique and inestimably valuable, and I do not wish to be
administratively unsubscribed.
You are in no danger of that, certainly. (I believe it has happened
exactly one time in the entire history of this list, thanks to the
very high quality of our list members.) We do value your
contributions, and I hope you can forgive the rantings of an old web
denizen which were in no way intended as an admonishment. I look
forward to reading your posts.
Sincerely,
--
-Adam Kuehn
CSS-D List Moderator
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