[hpsdr] ALEX - Call for comments - Protection devices.

[Philip Covington]

On 3/6/07, Eric Blossom <eb at comsec.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 09:39:30AM -0500, Philip Covington wrote:
> > ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> >
> > >
> > > P.S. When replying to this group, the To: field is set to the sender of the message being replied to, instead of the
> > > group address. Is this done intentionally ? Wouldn't it be more useful to change it the other way ? Usually what one
> > > wants to do is to reply to the group, not to the original poster.
> >
> > I agree.  I recall there was a vote early on and most favored it the
> > other way around.  I think it is quite annoying myself.
> >
> > 73 Phil N8VB
>
> There's a reason that your mail tool has a "Reply" and a
> "Reply-to-all" command/button.  Use "Reply" to reply to only the
> sender.  Use "Reply-to-all" to reply to to both the sender and the
> list.
>
> This allows the responder to choose between the two actions.
> If it's hardwired to reply-to-list, it's a pain to reply to just the
> sender of a message.
>
> Eric K7GNU
>

If the sender posts to a public list it makes sense that the default
action is to reply to the list and not privately to the person who
posted it.  If the majority of people reply privately then there is no
need for a public list in the first place.

Phil N8VB

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