*** Do not ignore Bob's poll

[Ajit Kembhavi]

Dear Bob,

I have been out of touch with E-mail for a few days, and I hope the 
deadline has not passed.  I agree with Roy's view.

Regards,
Ajit



On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, Roy Williams wrote:

> Please do not ignore the message from Bob Hanisch.  Please respond to him 
> saying that you want the list behavior to be changed so that ordinary human 
> beings (like you!) will not be embarrassed.
>
> Currently the lists are set up so that when you reply to the person who sent 
> the message, YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGE GOES TO 100 PEOPLE!
>
> The problem is that the "From" field and the "Reply-To" field are different. 
> The normal behavior is to assume that when you Reply it goes to the person 
> who sent the message. WRONG. It goes to the whole list!
>
> We all know to be careful sending messages to a lot of people. Bob and 
> Francoise have all been embarrassed this way, and we are simply trying to put 
> in an additional safeguard, to make it a little more unlikely for a private 
> message to be sent to 100 people.
>
> Of course, if you really want to send to the group, you simply click 
> REPLY-ALL instead of REPLY.
>
> So, do not think that this is something you can ignore and it'll all work out 
> sensibly - if you do not repond then the list behaviour will continue to be a 
> big RISK OF PERSONAL EMBARRASSMENT for all of us in the IVOA.
>
> Thank you for your vote
> Roy
>
>
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