Date : Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:24:55 -0000
From : C.J.Thornley@... (Chris Thornley)
Subject: The whole "reply to" issue
I just deleted all these pointless posts about the mailing, list format etc.
Who cares, this list about BBC Micros etc not how from reply are formated
etc.
Chris
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uk] On Behalf Of Mark McDougall
Sent: 14 November 2009 22:25
To: BBC Micro Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] The whole "reply to" issue
James Fidell wrote:
> If, after reading those, you think it's still a good idea to violate
> the IETF standard
Like a lot of people, you've missed the point entirely. I and I suspect a
lot of others, couldn't give a proverbial rat's that the IETF standard is
being violated.
Every-day life is littered with examples of laws and standards that are
ignored in favour of "convention" because convention is simply more
practical/intuitive/convenient and - by definition - has become the norm.
At the end of the day, all that matters is that the behaviour - from a user
POV - is the same as every other mailing list on the planet. And the same as
usenet newsgroups I might add!
Long after I've forgotten about this debate, I'll be perusing my 22 mailing
lists and 18 usenet newsgroups, chiming in occasionally, and when I come to
bbc-micro I'll automatically hit 'reply', like I do for every other
list/newsgroup, and unwittingly reply to only the sender. IETF be damned -
that is going to p*ss me off!
_That_ is the point.
I suppose I can take some small comfort in the fact that someone else will
raise this same issue a few months later and I'll suddenly be reminded again
why my post didn't appear.
Ultimately, if you want to take a (lonely) stand against the flagrant
disregard of the IETF standard and its (apparent) shocking detrimental
effect on the environment, the economy and world peace, then we have no
choice but to suck it up - but rest assured I'll be swearing under my breath
at you (and the IETF standards) every time I hit 'reply'....
Regards,
--
| Mark McDougall | "Electrical Engineers do it
| <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug> | with less resistance!"
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