Hi!
On 02/12/2018 23:58, Noel Butler wrote:
> On 02/12/2018 11:00, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
>> There's an extensive email etiquette post somewhere on the net
>> explaining why setting 'reply-to' to the list is a bad idea.
>
> Lots of posts around about this, all self serving :)
>
> There may of
On 12/2/18 5:58 PM, Noel Butler wrote:
> Lots of posts around about this, all self serving :)
>
> There may of course be an RFC floating around, but I admit to never
> having bothered to look, because good netizens reply to list, lists are
> public, they are for the masses - the membership - the
On 02/12/2018 11:00, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> There's an extensive email etiquette post somewhere on the net
> explaining why setting 'reply-to' to the list is a bad idea.
Lots of posts around about this, all self serving :)
There may of course be an RFC floating around, but I admit to never
havi
On 12/02/2018 08:42 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 04:22:52PM +0100, Ralph Seichter wrote:
* Ruben Safir:
On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 03:58:53AM +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
Let's hope that people who do not know how to use a tool - e.g.
like a hammer - doesn't use that tool
On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 04:22:52PM +0100, Ralph Seichter wrote:
> * Ruben Safir:
>
> > On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 03:58:53AM +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
> >
> >> Let's hope that people who do not know how to use a tool - e.g.
> >> like a hammer - doesn't use that tool in the first place
> >
* Ruben Safir:
> On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 03:58:53AM +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
>
>> Let's hope that people who do not know how to use a tool - e.g.
>> like a hammer - doesn't use that tool in the first place
>
> that is pretty unrealistic and I don't agree with it anyway.
The tool metap
On 02/12/2018 04:13, Ruben Safir wrote:
[...]
> Email should be intitive
(It was for me clear from the context that you meant "intuitive";-)
Yes, email (as any other tool) should be intuitive and as easy to use as
a hammer (and even hammers can be misused - it' just that we grow up and
learn how
On 12/1/18 10:13 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:
> Email should be intitive
intuitive
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On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 03:58:53AM +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
> On 02/12/2018 03:05, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> [...]
> > But - I would wager that over 95% of the time when someone hits the
> > reply button on a list post, their intent is to reply to the list.
>
> Even if it's 99%: What is th
On 02/12/2018 03:05, Michael A. Peters wrote:
[...]
> But - I would wager that over 95% of the time when someone hits the
> reply button on a list post, their intent is to reply to the list.
Even if it's 99%: What is the lesser risk if someone get's it wrong?
Apart from the situation that people
On 02/12/2018 01:09, Noel Butler wrote:
[...]
> all should go to list. Its also dumb when list admins dont set reply-to
It's quite the opposite.
> list, the entire point of relying to a list, is, well, to the list)
Sorry, but that tells us more more about the audience of such lists than
you ju
* Michael A. Peters:
> I would wager that over 95% of the time when someone hits the reply
> button on a list post, their intent is to reply to the list.
You'd lose that wager. This list, like many others, has a "List-Post"
header embedded in every single message posted. People need to use smart
On 12/01/2018 05:49 PM, Ralph Seichter wrote:
* Michael A. Peters:
Netiquette posts are just someone's opinion, and they often don't take
into account the vastly different way different types of minds work.
Mailing list netiquette has been around for decades, for good reasons.
If Joe User's m
* Michael A. Peters:
> Netiquette posts are just someone's opinion, and they often don't take
> into account the vastly different way different types of minds work.
Mailing list netiquette has been around for decades, for good reasons.
If Joe User's mind "works differently", Joe needs to make the
On 12/01/2018 05:00 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
There's an extensive email etiquette post somewhere on the net
explaining why setting 'reply-to' to the list is a bad idea.
Reply-to is intended for the sender to explain that replies shouldn't
be sent to the obvious sending address, but to another a
On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 10:09:02AM +1000, Noel Butler wrote:
> On 02/12/2018 05:31, M. Balridge wrote:
>
> > Quoting dovecot-...@deemzed.uk:
> >
> >> Not to stir the pot, but I notice my email address has recently been
> >> harvested from this list for spamming purposes. This email address is
> >
On 12/01/2018 04:22 PM, Noel Butler wrote:
On 02/12/2018 10:16, Michael A. Peters wrote:
On 12/01/2018 04:09 PM, Noel Butler wrote:
Which is why it annoys me that some people on mailing lists feel the
need to reply directly, rather than through mailing list.
Sometimes it is the MUA that i
On 02/12/2018 10:16, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> On 12/01/2018 04:09 PM, Noel Butler wrote:
>
>> Which is why it annoys me that some people on mailing lists feel the need to
>> reply directly, rather than through mailing list.
>
> Sometimes it is the MUA that is poorly designed that causes this.
On 12/01/2018 04:09 PM, Noel Butler wrote:
Which is why it annoys me that some people on mailing lists feel the
need to reply directly, rather than through mailing list.
Sometimes it is the MUA that is poorly designed that causes this.
Also, some lists set the "reply to" with the sender rat
On 02/12/2018 05:31, M. Balridge wrote:
> Quoting dovecot-...@deemzed.uk:
>
>> Not to stir the pot, but I notice my email address has recently been
>> harvested from this list for spamming purposes. This email address is
>> unique and not used for anything else.
>>
>> I'd distinguish this from s
Quoting dovecot-...@deemzed.uk:
> Not to stir the pot, but I notice my email address has recently been
> harvested from this list for spamming purposes. This email address is
> unique and not used for anything else.
>
> I'd distinguish this from spam sent to the mailing list itself, which is
> ob
switch(concern_for)
{
case others_in_list:
return "cool, no idea";
break;
case yourself:
return "filter from field to dovecot list address";
break;
default:
return "Wait for the reply of others...";
}
On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 12:39 PM wrote:
>
>
Not to stir the pot, but I notice my email address has recently been
harvested from this list for spamming purposes. This email address is
unique and not used for anything else.
I'd distinguish this from spam sent to the mailing list itself, which is
obviously different.
Is there anything furth
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