[Steppes] When Email Escapes!!

[ED Reese]

My vote is making the change -- many times, I would prefer to reply to the individual, rather than to the list, and a fail-safe is always good. Another issue with email, is that it is SO instant, we rarely have time to stop and reconsider, only to regret things said in haste.
 
Esther
 
PS Merci, Hubert -- now I know what to do with that Christmas monkey! ;-)

loworbit at comcast.net wrote:
I'm certainly in favor of it!
Osanna

-------------- Original message -------------- 

> This is a situation that many people ignore, but it is a real problem. 
> Here is how it usually starts: 
> 
> Someone sends a email to the list saying how cool a time they had at the event. 
> 
> Someone else replies saying something like "yeah, cool time, but did 
> you see what HL Sparky was wearing, man what was he thinking", and 
> then hits send..... 
> 
> Moments later all the color drains from commenter's face, and fills HL 
> Sparky's... 
> 
> Public and private emails fly about. 
> 
> More rumors, oh what fun. 
> 
> The problem is that the Steppes List is a "party line" so private 
> comments don't stay private. And yes, I have caused grief in this 
> way more than once. 
> 
> There is a solution, it would change the default setting to replying 
> to the sender and not the list. You would actually need to press 
> 'reply all' to get your message to the actual list. 
> 
> I think it's a smart move and I had one of the moderators look into 
> this a couple of months back. It is not in my authority to make this 
> change, but I think it would help. 
> 
> So, what does the group think? Is it worth it to you to actually 
> choose "reply all" instead of "reply" to prevent hurt feelings? I 
> think it is. 
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