[chiPHPug-discuss] Reply-All not considered harmful [Was: ChiPHPug Meeting 3rd Wednesday]

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If the primary intent of a list is for mass distribution with occasional 
replies back to the sender, then yes, Reply-All gets in the way.

If the primary intent of a list is discussion, then not having Reply-All set 
breaks the discussion. Repeatedly.  At best, it means that people get 
multiple copies of replies to them because one goes to them and one goes to 
the list.  (Am I the only one that *really* hates that?)

I've heard the arguments against Reply-All.  They all come down to "but it's 
so *hard* to reply to an individual then if I want to."  See the first point; 
on a discussion list, you rarely *want* to reply to an individual.  And it's 
only "hard" if your mail reader is pine or mutt or something equally ancient.  
If you're using an MUA developed this century, it has a copy and paste 
function that works quite well for the rare cases you want to reply to an 
individual.  

Viva Reply-All!

On Tuesday 17 April 2007 9:27 pm, Sarah Gray wrote:
> reply-all is evil when you use it for a group of people who have not
> opted to join a list together and be represented jointly by one email
> address.   Think of the list as "one" -- one programmer with many heads
> who is trying to have a public discussion with itself.. That might get
> you off the "reply-all is evil" mentality which doesn't fit a listserv
> where the forum is public by default...
>
> +1 to change the settings :)
>
> Richard Lynch wrote:
> > I'm still stuck in the reply-to-all-is-evil camp, so the list settings
> > are unlikely to change soon, even if sourceforge allows it...
> >
> > I was actually thinking of just hanging out at php|tek *as* a meeting...
> >
> > When I was thinking anyway...
> >
> > On Tue, April 17, 2007 4:51 pm, Jough Dempsey wrote:
> >> I see what Larry meant about the configuration of the list.
> >>
> >> Meant to send this to all...
> >>
> >> On 4/17/07, Jough Dempsey <jou...@gm...> wrote:
> >>> I don't know how many people in the group are going to PHP|tek (I
> >>> am) but
> >>> it seems like it would make sense to push the ChiPUG meeting back a
> >>> week -
> >>> maybe we could discuss the conference for those who can't attend?
> >>>
> >>> Is anyone else planning on taking the Zend certification exam while
> >>> at the
> >>> conference?  I never bothered before but since the exam fee comes
> >>> with the
> >>> conference fee, why not?
> >>>
> >>> -- Jough
> >>>
> >>> On 4/17/07, Richard Lynch <ce...@l-...> wrote:
> >>>> Yeah, duh.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sorry.
> >>>>
> >>>> My brain isn't working well today.
> >>>>
> >>>> JASON in JUNE then, eh?
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, April 17, 2007 4:07 pm, Larry Garfield wrote:
> >>>>> And this was of course supposed to go to the list originally,
> >>>
> >>> but as
> >>>
> >>>>> this list is stupidly configured... *sigh*
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So prepare to see Larry show off tomorrow night. :-)  Isn't next
> >>>
> >>> month
> >>>
> >>>>> PHPtek, though?  Are we actually going to try and compete with
> >>>
> >>> that?
> >>>
> >>>>> :-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:44:53 -0500 (CDT), "Richard Lynch"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> <ce...@l-...> wrote:
> >>>>>> Sure!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> And next month, I think we might have Jason Rexilius speaking
> >>>
> >>> about
> >>>
> >>>>>> Security Analytics, if he's in town...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Anybody got something for JUNE???
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Mon, April 16, 2007 4:41 pm, Larry Garfield wrote:
> >>>>>>> Unless I've been preempted by the Cake guy again (the other
> >>>
> >>> Larry),
> >>>
> >>>>>>> I
> >>>>>>> believe this month's presentation is "Larry showing off cool
> >>>
> >>> PHP 5
> >>>
> >>>>>>> stuff".  Am I still on? :-)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --Larry Garfield
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 16 Apr 2007 19:01:00 -0000, ce...@l-... wrote:
> >>>>>>>> ChiPHPug (Chicago PHP Users Group) meeting is coming up.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> If I wrote the PHP code correctly, it's on 04/18/2007
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> For sure, it's on the THIRD WEDNESDAY of each month.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Time: 6 pm
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Location: 150 North Michigan, Suite 2800
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> http://info.com
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Directions:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Drive: Lake Shore Drive to Randolph. Grant Park North Garage.
> >>>>>>>> Tunnel
> >>>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>> building/sidewalk.
> >>>>>>>> CTA: Red/Blue line to Washington. Pedway East to building.
> >>>
> >>> (Blue
> >>>
> >>>>>>>> Line
> >>>>>>>> Pedway closed for 2006)
> >>>>>>>>      Loop trains to Randolph/Wabash.  Walk 2 blocks East.
> >>>>>>>> Metra: South Shore Line to Randolph. Follow blue wavy lines
> >>>
> >>> down
> >>>
> >>>>>>>> ramp.
> >>>>>>>> Tunnel Right to building.
> >>>>
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> >>>>>> Know what I want?
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> >>
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