When I want to publish some text on the open internet, should I put it all in a print-focussed file format instead of the HTML standard?
No.
When I’m Mistakenly on an Email Chain, Should I Reply All Asking to Be Removed?
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Re: When I’m Mistakenly on an Email Chain, Should I Reply All Asking to Be Removed?
#12This is purely anecdotal, but I am seeing far fewer replyallpocalypses than I did 10-15 years ago. Has something changed, like better server or client email software? Or perhaps admins and users are more savvy about avoiding this kind of behavior? (Maybe I've just been lucky to not have to deal with one of these for several years.)
Better administrative discipline is my guess. Exchange has had the ability to restrict sending privileges for distribution lists for many years now. My last company was very careful about access control and we never had replyallpocalypses.
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#13Why was the answer in a PDF? I don't understand. The increased casualness of the NYT lately has been bothering me.
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#14A customer accidentally added me to an email chain with a competitive vendor, and it was quite the dilemma. On the one hand, I wasn't sure if there was a reason I was added initially, but then realized it was by mistake. I learned a lot about the competitor, but had some heavy mixed feelings about not saying something sooner.
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#15"The New York Times’s internal email system contributed to this report."
Re: When I’m Mistakenly on an Email Chain, Should I Reply All Asking to Be Removed?
#16Relevant Wikipedia page, since the article is completely lacking in historical context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_storm "On 14 October 1997, a Microsoft employee noticed that they were on an as-yet unknown email distribution list 'Bedlam DL3', and emailed the list asking to be removed. This list contained approximately a quarter of the company's employees, 13,000 email addresses. Other users replied to the…
Me, too!
Re: When I’m Mistakenly on an Email Chain, Should I Reply All Asking to Be Removed?
#17they say brevity is wit, and the NYT does not disappoint
Re: When I’m Mistakenly on an Email Chain, Should I Reply All Asking to Be Removed?
#18Relevant Wikipedia page, since the article is completely lacking in historical context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_storm "On 14 October 1997, a Microsoft employee noticed that they were on an as-yet unknown email distribution list 'Bedlam DL3', and emailed the list asking to be removed. This list contained approximately a quarter of the company's employees, 13,000 email addresses. Other users replied to the…
And because they were dogfooding Exchange server they ended up fixing several bugs: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2004/04/08/me-t...
A net plus for Microsoft, I would say.
Re: When I’m Mistakenly on an Email Chain, Should I Reply All Asking to Be Removed?
#19This is purely anecdotal, but I am seeing far fewer replyallpocalypses than I did 10-15 years ago. Has something changed, like better server or client email software? Or perhaps admins and users are more savvy about avoiding this kind of behavior? (Maybe I've just been lucky to not have to deal with one of these for several years.)
> This is purely anecdotal, but I am seeing far fewer replyallpocalypses than I did 10-15 years ago.
Everywhere I've worked email has slowly started taking a back seat to chat clients. Initially it was only email. Lots of Reply Alls. Then most of the places I went to use Google Chat and sometimes you'd just bring in multiple people at once. Hell or even a Google Hangout. Today most seem to go straight for Slack with email being secondary.
I don't think people care about email nearly as much anymore.
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#20My employer just issued written notices to people sending mails to "Territory All" type addresses without good reason. I mean it asks you 3 fk'in times "Are you sure???"...