Re: [LAU] Goodbye ReplyTo munging...

Arnold Krille wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 14. August 2007 schrieb Matthias Schönborn:
>> Anyway, I don't understand why some people make such a fuzz about it. Is it
>> so hard to get used to the new settings, even if it's the standard setting
>> among mailinglists?
>
> Its not hard for pros like you and me. But its hard for beginners starting
> with the whole linux and audio and email-lists -things. And they don't get
> the replyToList-thing. Never[*]. On all the beginners-lists I am/was
> subscribed to... Why should we make it hard for them (and us having to
> reply/forward their answers to the list)?
>
> I know that all the sane emailers will do it right (kmail can recognize when a
> folder contains a mailinglist and the normal replyTo will then do the right
> thing) but if we really want to be open to new folks exploring the free
> software world in all its beauty we should really lower the stakes and
> introduce them to proper-rfc-compliant-lists only when reaching higher levels
> (like *-dev).

As an experience technology trainer, it is always better to teach new
students the right way to do things from the beginning - then they don't
have to get confused by later learning that you taught them the *wrong*
way to do it.

-- 
David
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