[OSM-talk] mailing list behavior

[Lance Dyas]

Lance Dyas wrote:
> Sascha Silbe wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 01:39:33PM -0500, Lance Dyas wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> The default responder  to public conversation venues
>>> needs to be to just that ...
>>>       
>> There's no way OSM could change that default, it's up to your MUA 
>> vendor. The buttons you're currently using are "reply" (with an 
>> implied "to author") and "reply to all", not "reply (default)" and 
>> "reply (alternative)".
>> The only thing OSM can do is to trick your MUA into believing the 
>> "reply to author" function should reply to the list instead.
>>     
> You mean like every other list does? sure go with the flow
>   
>> And note the last word I used: _instead_. It doesn't work as expected 
>> anymore, 
>>     
> Where did you get this expectations from? not experience surely.
> youre expected behavior is based on your own implied  ...."to author"
> in other words you created your own expectations!!!
>  
>   
 suffice to say I disagree as sometimes going with the flow is 
appropriate, instead of being
"technically correct:"