* Derek Martin <inva...@pizzashack.org> [02-27-13 17:29]: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 08:00:24AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > To my understanding, list software does not decide, except concerning MFT. > > *The* problem is users not responding to list, "L", but rather to all, "g". > > For the record, I'll also note that I rarely actually do this, even > though I agree 100%. > > This is a matter of habit rather than malice; by far the most e-mail I > reply to is at work, where even though most of the mail I reply to > comes from a mailing list, it also invariably includes half a dozen > other recipients that are not (or at least might not be) on the list, > so list replies are inadequate. We have a truly staggering number of > mailing lists, and having to look to see if each recipient happens to > be on the list in question is just impractical. So as a (bad) habit I > group-reply to nearly 100% of my mail, excepting the relatively rare > cases when it occurs to me that I want to say something to the sender > that is not appropriate for the group, or the exceedingly rare cases > when I remember to list-reply. > > Mea culpa. Luckily for you, there are a variety of ways for you to > cope with my dups. Use one. :)
I understand and do. We are all creatures of habit, an excuse not a justification :^). But we all must strive to do better. You, hopefully all of us, will reach an age where you have time to make the "effort", and realize that such things are just common courtesy. tks, -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net
