Date   : Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:38:10 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Adressing posts

Greg Cook <debounce@...> wrote:
> You realise of course, that the list is only bearable because of this
> default.  It "fails safe" against accidental posting, by requiring a
 
No, it "fails dangerous".
 
> The "Principle of least surprise" section of this essay is particularly
 
The principle of least surprise would be that when I reply to a
post from a MAILING LIST it goes back to the MAILING LIST.
 
I've had to really hack around my mail processing software to
artifically generate a "Reply-To:" line so that I can correctly
reply to posts from the list.
 
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