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Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:
>
>> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
>>
>>> Oops, I didn't read it carefully.  What about making the default to on
>>> then, and allow the user to never be queried about it in the future
>>> ("Don't ask me again")?  People who usually never R to usenet posts
>>> might find the question useful, and leave it enabled, and other people
>>> are only annoyed once.
>>
>> I think setting default behavior that discourages people from taking
>> things to e-mail from Usenet discussions is a bad idea.  There are
>> different cultures in different groups, but more often than not this is
>> something that people are *encouraged* to do unless they're pretty sure
>> the whole group would be interested.
>
> I agree. Ok, I added the original patch that defaults to not asking.  Thanks.

I agree also, now I can stop working on that y/n/! confirm feature.
:-)  Thanks for adding the patch.
-- 
Benjamin