From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/44922 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Russ Allbery Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: patches add variable `gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news' Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 01:52:19 -0700 Organization: The Eyrie Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1022057842 12646 127.0.0.1 (22 May 2002 08:57:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 08:57:22 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17ARvu-0003Hk-00 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 10:57:22 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 17ARrV-0005H4-00; Wed, 22 May 2002 03:52:50 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 22 May 2002 03:53:08 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA13383 for ; Wed, 22 May 2002 03:52:58 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 4345 invoked by alias); 22 May 2002 08:52:34 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 4335 invoked from network); 22 May 2002 08:52:33 -0000 Original-Received: from windlord.stanford.edu (171.64.13.23) by gnus.org with SMTP; 22 May 2002 08:52:33 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 5025 invoked by uid 50); 22 May 2002 08:52:20 -0000 Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Simon Josefsson's message of "Tue, 21 May 2002 14:49:21 +0200") Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090005 (Oort Gnus v0.05) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp, sparc-sun-solaris2.6) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44922 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44922 Simon Josefsson 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. -- Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)