Re: I did it again! was RE: Where to buy parts?

On Aug 24, 4:20pm, jwelser@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu wrote:
> Subject: Re: I did it again! was RE: Where to buy parts?
> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Jon Raiford wrote:
>
> > P.S. Can we have a vote to remove the Reply-To: Vector List option? Or is
it not something that can be changed?
> >
>
> John, (and everyone else on the list)
>
> Pardon my frankness, but that is a really dumb idea. Why would
> you not want to reply to the vectorlist? Most traffic on this list is in
> the from of:
>
> Post to vlist, Response to vlist, Response to vlist, etc
>
> Whether you reply to the person who posted a message, or you reply
> to the list is entirely at YOUR control. If you reply to the list instead
> of the the person it is out of your own stupidity/absent-mindedness. That
> being said, I admit I have done the same thing several times, but I
> recognize that it is my own absent-mindedness that caused it to happen,
> and I don't blame it on the way that the list is set up.

First of all, commonly when you receive e-mail, there is a

From: <person>

When you press "reply" (or whatever you mailer does), usually the "From:"
person is propagated to the "To:" position.

This is the case 99.9999% out of my day from receiving e-mails from people
asking question. It becomes habbit, and that's why these people make mistakes.

Why is this list is set up opposite of this intuitive way?

My other rant is my mailer nicely supported the way it was set up PREVIOUSLY.
 I
simply had to press "reply" to get the specific person, and "reply all" to send
to the group. Also, when I sent something, I would get a copy of my e-mail
back to me in my inbox so I could see what I had sent out (and quickly correct
any mistakes with a follow up e-mail).

That was nice.

What would make sense is that if the "From" line said from vectorlist, the cc
line be the person that sent it (so they would get a copy, and others could
figure out who sent it).

That's my $.02.

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Mark Jenison E-mail address: jenison@cig.mot.com
Cellular Infrastructure Group Motorola--Arlington Heights, IL
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Received on Tue Aug 24 17:37:42 1999