List header cancer (was: Lawsuits, Red Hat, yummy....)

[TARogue]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, mike ledoux wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 10:47:19PM -0400, Ben Scott wrote:
> > On 10/17/07, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> > >> Additionally please send email either to the listserv or to the poster
> > >> you are replying to, but not both.
> > >
> > > Au contraire, please send messages to both me and the mailing list.
> > 
> >   Au contraire contraire, please do not.  Abuse of "Reply All" causes
> > List Header Cancer!
> 
> Here's a solution for both of you.  Use a mailer that supports
> Mail-Followups-To:, set it to do what you think the right thing is,
> and get what you want.
> 
Replies like this are why it's so hard to get Linux outside the geek
set. That is not a fix to the problem. That is similar to having your
road full of potholes, and the selectmen reply with "Get a 4x4 truck."

The fix needs to be in the list, not the reader.

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TARogue (Linux user number 234357)
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