[R-390] Subject: Off list posts

[w9ya]

Simple answer ....no, don't change a thing.

Simple suggestion ....find a better email client (program), as I have no=20
problem placing my mouse over the address(es) I chose to reply to, right=20
clicking, and selecting reply. I can also use various ctrl key sequences =
too.=20
I am sure there are many other programs that can work the same way.

Finally I notice that you are sending mime-style (HTML) email and/or send=
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attachments of same. (See the very bottom of this email.) There should be=
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setting in your email client to not be doing this. As a rule, most email=20
reflectors (lists) do not like incoming e-mail like this. Most of us just=
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turn that "feature" off.

Bob


ORIGINAL MESSAGE


Hi,

This obviously has nothing to do with R-390's and everything to do with t=
he=20
mailing list. It also may just be me and nobody else has the same problem=
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When I decide to reply to a post I pretty much always hit the "reply" but=
ton=20
on the email program rather than the "reply all" button. I do it without=20
thinking much about what I'm doing.=20

Since the order of the addresses in the from field is poster first and li=
st=20
second the result is a message to the person who posted and nothing to th=
e=20
list. That's fine except in 99% of the cases that's not what I wanted to =
do.=20

If I was a little more awake there would be no problem, but there is only=
 so=20
much coffee in the world :)

I have noticed that a lot of the replies I get to posts come directly to =
me=20
and do not show up on the list. A few are of a nature that the list shoul=
d=20
not get a copy, but the vast majority are things that the list would be=20
interested in. It always makes me wonder if the other guy has the same=20
problem I do or if he considers the reply to be a non-list item.=20

A simple solution to the whole problem would be for the list robot to put=
 the=20
list email address first and then the address of the person who posted th=
e=20
message. I don't know if this is as simple as throwing a switch in the se=
tup=20
program or as complex as re-writing the code from scratch.

Is it worth looking in to?

    Take Care!

        Bob Camp
        KB8TQ


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