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I prefer the list to be the primary address, for embarrassing reasons!
Some days, I just need all the help I can get.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+diana -dot- ost=msmcorp -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+diana -dot- ost=msmcorp -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Evelyn Lee Barney
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:46 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Fwd: translation
I prefer default to list. In most cases, my replies are intended for
the entire list and I am more apt to take the precaution of making sure
that a message is private if needed than to be sure it is public.
Ev
> Hey John,
>
> I don't think so. In the off-chance that I'd say something
> unflattering or unkind to an individual, I don't think I'd want the
> default setting to be "To the whole list". It makes it available for
> all the world to see just by typing my name in Google. Wouldn't it be
> easy enough to just send it again directly to the list if you happen
> to hit "Reply" instead of "Reply All?" I can't see any posting being
> valuable enough to offset the embarrassment caused by saying something
> inappropriate to the whole list.
>
>
> Tom Johnson
> Technical Writer
> tjohnson -at- starcutter -dot- com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+tjohnson=starcutter -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-
> l.com [mailto:techwr-l-
> bounces+tjohnson=starcutter -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com]On Behalf
> Of John Cornellier Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:16 AM To:
> techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- c Subject: Re: Fwd: translation
>
>
> Well, as the proverb goes, "It is better to have posted something
> embarrassing, than never to have posted at all".
> It's a risk I'm prepared to take. Still, maybe I'm a voice in the
> wilderness shooting monkeys in a barrel.
>
> Could be a poll question on the list's page? Or it could be a long and
> pointless thread which lurches from anecdote to opinion before finally
> dying without conclusion.
>
>
> Dick Margulis wrote:
>> I participate on two lists where the default behavior is to reply to
>> the list and you have to manually delete the list address and
>> copy/paste the member's address if you want to reply privately.
>>
>> This arrangement leads to FREQUENT embarrassment for people who
>> intended to write privately to the OP.
>>
>> The setup on techwr-l, where Reply All is the way to post to the
>> list, is far preferable IMO.
>>
>
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