> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Woodhouse [mailto:dwmw2@infradead.org]
>
> Please read http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
A wonderfully cogent argument. Although I half-expected it to conclude
"..and so you see, heavier-than-air flying machines are quite
impossible." My point is, I don't think the data confirms the
hypothesis. I subscribe to several other lists which are just as busy as
Exim and really don't think I've *ever* come across a case of anyone
replying to the list when they meant to reply to the individual. It's a
dire warning about a non-problem.
Replying to the list is the norm, replying to the individual is the
exception. The paragraph on how you have to "write down" and "type in"
the email address if you want to reply to an individual is a hilarious
straw-man argument - does the writer really not have a mouse?
>
> Almost all mailers have separate 'reply to all' and 'reply to sender'
> functions. On this list, these functions do what they say on
> the tin --
> and that's a good thing.
Incidentally, I just clicked "reply to all" to send this riposte - did
you get two copies? Is that better?
Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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>
> The failure mode if we _refrain_ from tricking peoples mailers into
> replying to a public list when they intend to reply privately is that
> they may occasionally hit the wrong reply button, and
> subsequently have
> to forward their unintentionally-private reply to the list.
>
> The failure mode if we _do_ trick peoples mailers into making public
> replies when they explicitly ask their mailer to 'reply to sender' is
> that people end up posting sensitive information to the list.
>
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> dwmw2
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