Please do not ignore the message from Bob Hanisch. Please respond to
him saying that you want the list behavior to be changed so that
ordinary human beings (like you!) will not be embarrassed.
Currently the lists are set up so that when you reply to the person who sent the message, YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGE GOES TO 100 PEOPLE!
The problem is that the "From" field and the "Reply-To" field are different. The normal behavior is to assume that when you Reply it goes to the person who sent the message. WRONG. It goes to the whole list!
We all know to be careful sending messages to a lot of people. Bob and Francoise have all been embarrassed this way, and we are simply trying to put in an additional safeguard, to make it a little more unlikely for a private message to be sent to 100 people.
Of course, if you really want to send to the group, you simply click REPLY-ALL instead of REPLY.
So, do not think that this is something you can ignore and it'll all work out sensibly - if you do not repond then the list behaviour will continue to be a big RISK OF PERSONAL EMBARRASSMENT for all of us in the IVOA.
Thank you for your vote
Roy
California Institute of Technology
626 395 3670
Received on 2006-01-28Z19:39:53