Well, what we have here is a classic business example. If PHP (and this list) were operated commercially then it would behove them to consider examining what their customers percieve as an inconvenience and remove that situation from the relationship to the satisfaction of the majority of their major customers.
I am not so sure that the same basic customer service advise does not hold true here as it is the fact that people use PHP and this list that makes them living entities. Now, some questions: 1. I think the archives would better serve the PHP community as a whole if they were more complete (default to list). 2. If this were a business it would usually be unwise to suggest your customers get good equipment (a better mail system). Would you agree? 3. Is it more important to serve those people who do not subscribe (read contribute) and only use the list for their own purposes, to serve one person quickly, or to serve the entire community to the best of your ability. Personally I don't really care but, I think I would make the default "reply-all" for the betterment of the entire community. Daryl -----Original Message----- From: Derick Rethans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 4:47 PM To: Doug Essinger-Hileman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] php-general as REPLY TO On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Doug Essinger-Hileman wrote: > Having said this, I suspect that you and I will continue to disagree, > which is perfectly okay. If this list changes the default I will be > happy. If it doesn't, I will learn to adjust. One request I make is > that folk, including you, Derick, refrain from sending replies to my > email to both the list *and* my personal inbox. There's no need to > waste the bandwidth. You'll have to learn to adjust then I guess. And do those 2k really matter? Come on... Just get a good mailer that defaults to "Reply-All" (like, mutt, pine, pcpine) Derick -- "Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job best left to those that read the future by examining animal entrails." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://php-mag.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
