list netiquette

[Jerry Feldman]

On 02/24/2011 07:55 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> Thunderbird 2.x does not. 3.x does, but it isn't present on the toolbar=

> by default.
>
> The aging Netiquette Guidelines RFC:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

Actually, Thunderbird 2.x had a plugin for this. One of the biggest
complaints of early 3.x prereleases was that this feature was not
present and the plugin was incompatible.

One issue is that by replying both to the sender and the list, the
thread gets broken. Depending on the speed of the list server, when
someone replies to the sender and the list, the direct message generally
gets to the sender before the message sent by the list gets there. If
you reply to the one sent to you by the poster, then that breaks the
thread. These are relatively minor issues. I only see one message, not
both.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
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