On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 11:48:01AM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > I rely on the mail reminder system to keep track of what things have been > done and what things have not been. > > When I send a message asking you to reply when a certain job is done, > that means I have set a reminder. Please do NOT reply to the message > before the time I said. If you do, you will cancel the reminder > and I will just have to send you another message to establish a new one. > > If you want to send other mail on the topic before that time, please > send it NOT as a reply. That way it will not cancel the reminder.
This is becoming confusing. In this case, if I don't reply, maybe you'll believe I didn't read your mail. And if I reply, I mess with your tracker system. If you don't expect a reply immediately, I think the system should not send a reminder after N weeks. It should only send a reminder when you expect a progress status - and a reply. -- Sylvain
