[FFML] Just a note on configuration

[W. Suika Roberts]

On Jul 2, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Jon Rosebaugh wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2007, at 3:11 AM, Sean Connor wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 09:53:05PM -0700, John Campbell wrote:
>>> Personally I think the old policy, combined with the attitude of the
>>> posts regarding off-topic posts, most noticeable in replies to such
>>> things as "Fic search" posts was a great part of the reason the
>>> list was dieing.  If you don't build a community the list will  
>>> just die the
>>> way rec.arts.anime.creative did.

r.a.a.c isn't any deader than the rest of usenet, however fortunate  
or unfortunate that may be.

>> Agreed, but how much does the list's Reply-to policy have to do with
>> that?

Well, I found it a _damned_ nuisance to have to fix it by hand, since  
most of the time, I _want_ to reply to the group, not the individual.

'course, over the last few years, I've not really been bothered to  
reply to anything, but still.

> I'd consider _not_ using reply-to munging on this list to be harmful.

It should be easy enough to only set a reply-to if the author does  
not have one set, which should solve several of the standard `why we  
shouldn't set the reply-to' reasons.

> It encourages replies to go off-list (even more so for Gmail users,
> where Reply is directly visible, but Reply to All is hidden in a
> dropdown), and we're not overwhelmed with traffic. I'd go so far as
> to say that we _need_ that traffic. It also causes the CC list to
> build up, requiring people to manually remove unneeded addresses;
> indeed, you're likely going to get two copies of this, because I
> can't be arsed to remove your name from the To list, and move the
> FFML address there.

And, on a purely personal note -- it's a lot easier to set a mail  
filter on the reply-to than digging for [ffml] tags in the subject line.

> If we want to encourage a culture where the
> default response is a public response, it seems clear which option we
> should choose.

I surely don't think it would hurt, at this point  -- we've got a  
list with 3000 members and we get five to twenty posts a month?   
There's something wrong with that.

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