Reply-To Preservation Considered Harmful (was: Re: [NCLUG] users only)

[Eric Brunson]

That's actually a very reasonable question.  In actuality, the way I
participate in this list, it could just as well be a newsgroup.  Other
lists I'm on I monitor more closely and desire the rapid feedback from
the list, but in this case I only open the mail folder once or twice a
week.

* Michael Dwyer (mdwyer at sixthdimension.com) [020603 16:40]:
> Eric Brunson wrote:
> [ lots of stuff ]
> 
> Just to throw a little JET-A on the fire...  I happen to agree with
> Eric, more or less.  I'm not fond of the loss of Reply-To munging.  It
> has only been in place for a few days, now, and already I've had to
> resend stuff three times, because I expect the 'Reply' button to do the
> right thing.  Silly me.  Eric, you're gonna get two copies of this. 
> Sorry. 
> 
> But here's the thing I could never figure out -- instead of trying to
> bash a mail service into a news service...  why don't we just use a news
> service?  I am at a total loss as to why people have passed over NNTP as
> a way to do this!
> 
> I'm of the belief that mailing lists are intended for a one-to-many
> dissemination of information.  Announcements, notices and the like.  For
> /discussions/, however, which entail things like threads...  netnews is
> far more ideal.
> 
> Now, I am certainly guilty of using a butter-knife to loosen a screw or
> using C when I should be using PERL.  I am no stranger to using the
> wrong tool for the job.  But I only do this when a screwdriver and PERL
> are not avaialable.  
> 
> Am I way off base, here?


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      Eric Brunson        brunson at level3 dot net
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