[Asterisk-Users] Important: The Asterisk Mailing list(newsubject)

[willy at yponeinc.com]

Strongly Agree :)
WW
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> The only thing I hate more than not having a proper
> reply-to on a mailing list (one that replies to the LIST)
> is the people who havn't been on the net long enough to
> know how mailing lists work, and their whole function. 
> Mailing lists are communities.  The primary function is to
> share procedures, patches, fixes, workarounds, programming
> knowledge, etc.. with the rest of the community.  Its the
> rare exception that once in a great while a topic strays
> off and goes personal/off-list.  This should happen when
> the community cannot benefit from the discussion, such as
> a private deal for equipment (which is sometimes frowned
> upon with lists, but sometimes enjoyed), or some basic
> hand-holding that goes beyond the scope of the list, and
> that the rest of the listmembers should know.  (I.E.
> someone asking how to setup Linux, thus not having
> anything to do with Asterisk, untill they get to the point
> where they can install Asterisk).
> 
> So, my vote is to keep the "reply-to" as going to the
> list. Also, don't hijack subjects.  If you are going to
> use "reply" insted of post, at least re-write the subject
> line!
> 
> Please direct all flames privately, where they can be
> properly transfered to /dev/null
> 
> - - -   Jon Myers
> "Online" since 1985 (I know, not longer than alot of
> prople, but more than a couple years).
> 
> 
> 
> At 07:30 PM 3/21/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> >On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 22:23, Darren Nickerson wrote:
> >> Folks,
> >> 
> >> I strongly support removing the current reply-to-list
> setting, and you >> should too.
> >> 
> >> Like many new list admins, I once thought the reply-to
> was kewel. Requests >> to remove it kept coming up, ...
> usually around the same time someone >> embarrassed
> themselves by posting a personal reply/flame to the list.
> >> Someone, in frustration, finally pointed me to the
> following URL: >> 
> >>        http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> >> 
> >> I saw the light.
> >> 
> >> Please can the list admin step in and end this thread
> by either: >> 
> >>    a) announcing that the reply-to override has been
> removed >>    b) announcing their resignation ;-)
> >
> >
> >I'm sorry you saw the wrong light. You are peering into a
> light that >will anger many more of us to the point of
> removing ourselves from the >list as it becomes impossible
> to filter appropriately. >
> >Reply to group has a nasty habit of piling up addresses
> and then people >who have dropped out of the thread are
> still getting barraged by >messages where their address is
> still a part of it. >
> >It is bad enough we have users too lame to click on a
> link to the >submission url and instead just reply and
> erase old content, your >suggestion would just make people
> more likely to get nailed with >unrelated content.
> >
> >Open source software thrives by efficient and open
> communications. To >start suggesting people take useful
> commentary off list by making it >less easy to reply to
> the list only reduces our resources. It also >starts a lot
> of private communications and possibly private flame wars.
> >If you post embarrassing information, or if your post
> embarrass you in >public, maybe they didn't need to be
> said in the first place.   >
> >Your aversion to fixing a to line when you take a message
> off list is >not worth breaking good mail filtering.
> >
> >You can probably blame me for the original switch of the
> Reply-To >header. I believe I am the one who requested it
> soo long ago. >-- 
> >Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>
> >
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