[Qt-interest] [OT] Replying to Messages

[Scott Aron Bloom]

> 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.
> 
> Is that not almost akin to saying "Here's the answer to your question;
> by the way, stop listening in, I'm not talking to you!" ?   (talking
> *about* you, not *to* you sort of argument)
> 
> Ok, I'll acknowledge that people have different ways of working and
> thinking (and a lot of that is probably influenced by their culture).
> So perhaps one of the problems is that there's not much of an
> automatic way of finding out how people want their replies.
> 
> And I guess that's why lists usually have netiquettes (where's
> Qt-interest's one?), so that there's a consensus.
> So what is the consensus on this list?
> 
> Thanks,
> Srdjan

No... Mailing list culture is.. reply to the list...

I try to always do a reply all, and remove the personal emails.

Scott