[OSGeo-Board] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO logo contest - when?

[Chris Holmes]

Daniel Brookshier wrote:
> The list behavior is the default and only behavior. The CollabNet  
> platform is meant for collaboration and hitting 'reply' is a  preferred 
> behavior in that case. I have submitted a request however  to ask if 
> this is a hidden option that can be switched by operations.  I'll let 
> you know if it is possible. I have seen complaints before  rebuffed over 
> the years, let's see what happens.
You're kidding, right?  One of Collabnet's best employees (well, at 
least in my opinion), prefers list software to never touch the reply-to 
header (though as part of a reasoned debate on the effectiveness of both).

http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/mailing-lists.html#reply-to

And this _must_ be possible, tigris is running on collabnet, no?

 From the subversion Mailing list etiquette link:

 >Make sure to use your mailreader's "Follow-up" or "Reply-to-all" or 
"Group reply" feature when responding to a list post. Otherwise, your 
mail will only go to the author of the original post, not to the whole 
list. Unless there's a reason to reply privately, it's always better to 
respond to the list, so everyone can watch and learn. (Also, many people 
who frequently get private responses to their posts have indicated that 
they would prefer those responses to go to the list instead.)

 >Note that the Subversion mailing lists do not modify the Reply-to 
header to redirect responses to the list. They leave Reply-to set to 
whatever the original sender had, for the reasons listed in 
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html, in particular the 
"Principle of Least Damage" and "Can't Find My Way Back Home" sections. 
 From time to time, someone posts asking why we don't set the Reply-to 
header. Sometimes that person will mention 
http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml, which gives arguments 
in favor of modifying the Reply-to field. The list administrators are 
aware of both documents, and see that both sides of the argument have 
merits, but in the end have chosen not to modify the Reply-to headers. 
Please don't resurrect the topic.


I wouldn't mind the board list being reply-to all, but I don't think the 
default for osgeo lists should be.

Chris


> 
> 
> Daniel Brookshier
> Community Manager
> 214-207-6614
> 
> On Mar 8, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Markus Neteler wrote:
> 
>> Daniel,
>>
>> if I hit the reply button, it takes the list name. It
>> should be the senders address, though,
>> to avoid accidential publishing of private mails.
>>
>> This probably applies to all osgeo lists
>>
>> Please change the list behaviour,
>> thanks,
>>
>> Markus
>>
>> On 3/8/06, Gary Lang <gary.lang at autodesk.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Trying again. Had to copy/paste your address because of this "bug".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>  From:   Gary Lang
>>>  Sent:   Wed 3/8/2006 11:11 AM
>>>  To:     brookshier at collab.net; board at board.osgeo.org
>>>  Cc:
>>>  Subject:        RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO logo contest - when?
>>>  Daniel,
>>>
>>>  Is there some way that replying to an individual can not  automatically
>>> reply to the list address? The way you have this set up is like  
>>> phishing and
>>> it's totally broken.
>>>
>>>  Gary
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 8, 2006, at 1:08 PM, Gary Lang wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Daniel,
>>>
>>> Are you setting up the private board message list?
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>
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Chris Holmes
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