[Qt-interest] [OT] Replying to Messages

[Andre Haupt]

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 12:12:59PM +0200, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> On 07.05.09 09:22:06, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > (replying to list only to satisfy Marco Borm...)
> > 
> > 2009/5/7 Marco Borm <>:
> > > Jonathan Wong wrote:
> > >> Reply-all is good. The person you reply to gets a personal note too, I think, in addition to the
> > >> copy on the mailing list.
> > >>
> > > No it's not! I don't want any personal mail response to a message in the
> > > list and I think to most here will agree with that.
> > 
> > But that's (in my opinion) a bizarre way of working, is it not? If you
> > post a question on the list with a problem, I can then respond but
> > send the reply only to the list. And then I'm effectively signalling
> > that I'm not really replying to you, I'm replying to the list and I
> > don't (seem) to care that you get the response.
> 
> Thats (IMHO) a bizarre way of seeing this. Replying to the list makes sure
> that not only the poster sees the answer but everybody else too, making it
> easy to correct your mail if needed, supply additional information and
> making the whole conversation archivable. And IMHO you can expect the
> original poster to read the list and check for answers to his questions.
Ack


> And if you send both, then you're basically spamming the original poster
> with two versions of your mail, needlessly.
Which is an acceptable price for someone looking for help on this list ;-)
I prefer reply-to-all too.

regards,


Andre