On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Christer Oldhoff <coldh...@swipnet.se> wrote: > Hello Dave, > > On 2009-10-13, Dave Sherohman wrote: > >> [...] >> The position I was trying to explain in my earlier message was that, >> even though 99% of replies to mailing list messages are intended to go >> to the list, directing an intended-private message to the list causes >> over 100 times more harm than a message intended for the list being >> inadvertently made private. The Debian list policy is, therefore, >> reasonable, because it minimizes the overall total harm caused by >> misdirected messages. >> > I completely agree with You! > > My wife hosts a mailing list for scientists, and although most of the > subscribers have a 'Dr.' or 'Ph.D.' in their title, messages from the > list are repeatedly replied to as if they came from private email addresses. > > The list is usually monitored, and there is a lot of work to weed out > private messages. Despite repeated detailed explanations of why these things > happen, some people keep doing it wrong again and again... > > Now, sometimes, the list is left to run unmonitored and then it can get > really wild: > Apart from harmless accounts about personal experiences, travel itineraries, > and family matters, there have been cases of subscribers unknowingly posting > their credit card details to the list, which is a serious problem, since > anyone > can read the list messages. > > So, the list policy is sound.
Yes, you are sounding so reasonable. As a final accord, would you, please, to post an instruction how to tune up GMail web client to use 'List Reply' field in messages? As a next step we will kindly ask an administration of the List to put it somewhere in FAQs for newcomers. -- Sincerely Yours' Mark Goldshtein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
