-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:04:40PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > [...] >> So getting back to the topic of this thread, insisting that >> "all competent mailers" have a 'Reply to List' function, when >> none of the most common mailers for people trapped in the most >> widely used operating system have the required feature, is not >> really helpful to them. We seem to be saying, in effect, "if >> you aren't smart enough to already use Linux and have a >> competent MUA, get off this list". That is hardly welcoming to >> those who are curious.
Mutt, Tbird, Evo & KMail all have their faults. If Tbird had Reply-to-List, it would be pretty close to great. Evo is too fat, too dependent on GNOME, and a bit flaky. Mutt not friendly enough for the "lite" user. KMail needs KDE. I'm sure there are other problems, but that's enough for me... > There is nothing wrong with telling people that their <insert > broken software package here> is > [broken|not-standards-compliant|...] but the reality is that we > can only do that gently as a way to begin educating others. Case > in point: my sister uses hotmail and insists on top-posting. I > pointed out once how this didn't work so well, demonstrated how > to snip and intersperse responses and explained that it was more > "courteous" to do things the "right" way. So, now she tries, and > fails miserably, but she at least has an idea of it and over time > she'll likely come around. Meanwhile, I suffer through silently > knowing that someday she'll get it. That's my problem: I *assumed* that anyone bright enough to be on this list is bright enough to grok Reply-to-List. > There seem to be two ways to handle it, bludgeon them for their > lack of knowledge and drive them away, or be a gentle persuader > and convert them over time. But it's so much more satisfying. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEnDNZS9HxQb37XmcRAhWPAJ449FOTTFj5nfDEMLfJy5R54j5A9wCg7AgX 9jgH2VvMvi9rYermyzr7bPo= =5oLO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
