[TriLUG] Reply-To munging

[Jon Carnes]

We have voted on this issue twice.  The last time, "Leave it the way it is" 
won overwhelmingly.

(it won by 2-1 the first time we voted).

I personally want to nominate Mike Johnson's original reply as going in our 
FAQ.  It was "spot on!"  (and I saved it incase you need it Bill - though 
it is in our archives now...)

The reason Kevin wants to put on the chair hat is that some of us older 
folks who have lived through this debate twice already get a little tired 
of it.

The list policy is set by the Steering Committee so he has every "right" to 
put on the chair hat.  Of course the SC is only the administrative arm of 
the group and does bow to any overwhelming majority.  In this case, I'm 
fairly certain that the overwhelming majority of folks still want the list 
left alone.

Personally the lists I subscribe to run about 50/50 on the reply-to.  The 
older list don't, and the newer ones do.  I cope either way.  

I really like the reply to being the list.  I have seen that it fosters 
discussion (such as this one!), and more importantly, it defaults answers 
and questions to the list. 
Ultimately this list is a tool for helping all those who subscribe.  Having 
the answers and questions spread about to everyone, is what TriLUG is all 
about!

Jon Carnes
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On Tuesday 08 January 2002 16:09, you wrote:
> Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> > But, see, the thing is that there are probably just as few
> > people who really want the reply-to munging and the vast
> > majority are just content to lurk and don't care.  So, whatever
> > the list is initially setup as generally stays and the initial
> > setup is generally based on what the list creator wants.
> >
> > So, there isn't a majority either way and it falls upon those
> > of use who have the intense likes/dislikes to try to persuade
> > those who are apathetic.
>
> I think you are mistaken.  I believe this issue has come up
> twice in the last three years, and both times the majority was
> to go with the reply-to.