*** Do not ignore Bob's poll

[Robert Hanisch]

Hi Ajit.  I had recorded your vote when this was being discussed in the
Exec.

Cheers,
Bob


On 2/2/06 9:49 AM, "Ajit Kembhavi" <akk at iucaa.ernet.in> wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> 
>> California Institute of Technology
>> 626 395 3670
>> 
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