If I may make a double suggestion here
1 Dealers should not deal from the group - this would avoid the
proliferation of crowns we have had over the last few weeks where
a plain 'reply' also goes to the group (regardless of what one's
email header says as you post)
2. then Dan can revert the group to where we were -
This would mean that (for those of us who have it) there is an
accuracy to 'reply' - it goes to the poster and to ensure that
stuff goes to the group (again for those who have it) there is an
accuracy to 'reply to list'
If I may offer my opinion on the double suggestion:
This would require the dealer to manually add email addresses of the entire membership of the group, respecting the members’ choice of delivery (I am a member on two addresses but only receive email on one, for example). Except many users want a daily digest of messages; it would be impossible to deliver to these members. If we want to impose an additional requirement on dealers, it would be simply specifying the “Reply-to” field for the voting round.
Letting users decide where to send their replies, and letting dealers decide where to have replies directed, is the email standard everywhere. I can revert the group to the way it was if everyone wants it that way, but I think the current setup is far superior.
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Nancy
its not a matter of dealing software but of mail software
you "have always dealt from the group" but you don't appear to do
so - a 'reply' says that the reply goes to your email
<nancygoat . at. gmail.com>
whereas a reply to Efrem says 'Efrem G Mallach' via Dixonary
<dixo...@googlegroups.com> - and goes to the group
I have always dealt from the group. How would one not? I don't use dealing software.
Nancy
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Dan
I abide by your decision... I have too many email addresses that I monitor every day (17) and I am happy either way. I am especially happy not to have to live with Goole's interpretation of what should happen. I don't think we need to specify that dealers have to provide reply to addresses
“replying to all results in my message going to the group AND to the sender”
Yes, this is somewhat unfortunate, but not a huge problem. Individual emails have a “message ID” and most email software detects when you receive an email twice, from both your address and a forwarded group address, and it’s transparent to the recipient. So while Tim’s email account may receive the same message twice, assuming he is using any modern email software (such as Outlook or Thunderbird) he will never know the difference.
It is possible to delete the unwanted duplicate if you prefer (I just did with a single click plus keypress) but it’s not harmful to leave it there.
I agree there are some advantages to the “old way” but there are other advantages to the “new way” … which is really just the “old way everywhere else”.
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