[Outages-discussion] Outages lists configuration thoughts

[Charles Sprickman]

> On Feb 23, 2024, at 10:10 AM, Gert Doering via Outages-discussion <outages-discussion at outages.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 08:53:15AM -0600, Andy Ringsmuth via Outages-discussion wrote:
>> Having said that, can we PLEASE consider setting the ???Reply To:??? default for the outages list to be outages-discussion? That is definitely an option within the Mailman list configuration.
> 
> Generally I do not like Reply-To: on lists (because I inevitably send 
> replies to the list when I want to reply off-list) but in this case it
> seems useful.

Absolutely a fine idea. If you have something truly important to add to the non-discuss thread, then take the 5 seconds to set the reply to the main list. But if you're just mindlessly replying or arguing, well, off to -discuss if you're not really paying attention or don't have the technical chops to put your reply on -discuss. :)

Charles 

> 
> On the "5 lines posted on top of a full top quote of a digest" topic,
> not sure this sort of human carelessness is solvable in a technical manner.
> 
> gert
> -- 
> "If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you 
> feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted 
> it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor."
>                             Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
> 
> Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             gert at greenie.muc.de
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