Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #04244



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com, Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
From: Bruce Robinson Bruce_Robinson@bc.sympatico.ca
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 23:44:04 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Auto reply to list


Richard Piotter wrote:
>
> I don't know if it works on the PC, but on the Mac, at least in Netscape
> mail, you can just drag an e-mail address.

My PC version of Netscape lets me cut and paste into a NEW message, but
I can't paste an address into a REPLY.

Now dragging ... hmm ... son-of-a-gun. It works! Why would the @#$%
idiots program it to allow dragging but not cut & paste. Thanks,
Richard!

> I have noticed a lot of "slip ups" since the server change. Just
> curious, is this something that can be changed, or are we stuck with it?

I discussed this with Mark Dalton a short while back, and he replied
that the old BEAM mailing list was set up wrong. The majority of mailing
lists apparently send replies to the LIST, and you have to do the manual
intervention nonsense to send a reply to an individual. The old list was
the opposite.

Mark said the actual operation of the list was done by others and he
wasn't sure if he could have it changed back to resemble the old list.
If I'm the only one who complained, no doubt he didn't see the need to
pursue it. If you're not happy with the way the list works, let him know
(privately, as he requested a while back).

Regards,
Bruce

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