From: Steffan A. Cline Date: October 21 2007 8:24pm Subject: Re: Reply-to is to originator rather than to list List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/209597 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit on 10/21/07 1:15 PM, Jochem van Dieten at jochemd@stripped wrote: > On 10/21/07, Rob Wultsch wrote: >> I was previously on a list where the reply-to was setup as it is on the >> mysql list, with the originator receiving a response rather than list. It >> ended up that that setting was the default, and had not been changed when >> the list was setup. >> >> Is there a good reason why the reply-to is setup as it is on this list? > > If you could explain why the answer in the FAQ doesn't satisfy you we > might be of more assistance. > > >> I forget to change the destination address for most every email I write, I >> would guess I am not alone, and I do not think that this is good for the >> list. > > I believe it is excellent for the list as it raises the bar. > > Jochem I think the issue is that when people reply to the originator by mistake and not the list, the list does not get the subsequent correspondence that is definitely useful to the rest of us. If someone asks a question and someone else answers it I think we should all see the response without fail so we can all learn from the response. It also makes for better searchable lists and averts redundant questions. My $2USD ** OOPS, what do you know. I have to resend this because I forgot to reply all. :-P Thanks Steffan --------------------------------------------------------------- T E L 6 0 2 . 7 9 3 . 0 0 1 4 | F A X 6 0 2 . 9 7 1 . 1 6 9 4 Steffan A. Cline Steffan@stripped Phoenix, Az http://www.ExecuChoice.net USA AIM : SteffanC ICQ : 57234309 YAHOO : Steffan_Cline MSN : steffan@stripped GOOGLE: Steffan.Cline Lasso Partner Alliance Member ---------------------------------------------------------------