[cw-discuss] OT: Broken replies

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On 12/1/06, James E. LaBarre <jamesl at bestweb.net> wrote:
> > If it helps, here is someone else's reasoning on the subject:
> >   http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
>
>
> Yeah, well I've read that one many times before.  And I've seen a
> response to that, but can't find it in a Google search with so many
> misguided comments about it being bad.  But if the purpose of a
> discussion list is to send messages to *everyone* for everyone's
> benefit, and 95% of the other lists I use can handle it correctly, then
> an automatic response to the poster, not the list, os obviously wrong.

On 12/1/06, James E. LaBarre <jamesl at bestweb.net> wrote:
> > If it helps, here is someone else's reasoning on the subject:
> >   http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
>
>
> Yeah, well I've read that one many times before.  And I've seen a
> response to that, but can't find it in a Google search with so many
> misguided comments about it being bad.  But if the purpose of a
> discussion list is to send messages to *everyone* for everyone's
> benefit, and 95% of the other lists I use can handle it correctly, then
> an automatic response to the poster, not the list, os obviously wrong.

I believe this may be what you're looking for:
http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml