<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 30, 2017, at 5:17 PM, Mirriam <<a href="mailto:mirriamlauren@yahoo.com" class="">mirriamlauren@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Owen<div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1496153499429" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1496153502946" class="">Iam not suprised that you are defending someone who could not even first go to oroffesor Nii to apologize in person but choose to use the mailing list.</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>I am surprised that you are considering my email below to be a defense of anyone.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I am going to presume that you are, instead, replying to a different email in which I did NOT defend Andrew’s actions, but did state my opinion of Andrew’s character.</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1496153688305" class="">A sigh that he does not even mean what he wrote herein. He respects no one.</div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>We can agree to disagree.</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1496153797195" class=""><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1496153235975" class="">Andrew can continue his service to rhe community but far away from the Afrinic board which he has disgraced time after time.</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>It is my opinion that would be the board and the community’s loss. Again, we can agree to disagree.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Owen</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1496153797195" class=""><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1496153808028" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1496153810953" class="">Mirriam<br class=""><br class=""><div id="ymail_android_signature" class=""><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android" class="">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br class=""> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;" class=""> <header style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;" class=""> <div class="">On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Owen DeLong</div><div class=""><<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" class="">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:</div> </header> <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;" class=""> <div dir="ltr" class="">I strongly support Alan’s position. (Sent deliberately to the list using reply-all).<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Owen<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> On Sep 30, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Alan Barrett <<a ymailto="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" class="">alan.barrett@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> On 30 Sep 2016, at 16:55, Seun Ojedeji <<a ymailto="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" class="">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">>> On 30 Sep 2016 13:25, "Alan Barrett" <<a ymailto="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" class="">alan.barrett@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">>>> and I have asked for the mailing list configuration to be changed so that it does not automatically add a “Reply-To” header in future.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">>> SO: I will suggest not to modify the list settings. Most of the time people hit reply and their mails goes as PM. I think it's absolutely fine for a community list like this to have a default response to the community. One can always do a formal withdrawal OR be mindful of who he/she is replying to before hitting the send button.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> There is no good answer, but I seek to minimise the harm done by mistakes.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> If the list does not add a reply-to address then there are two kind of mistakes, neither of them very serious:<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> 1. Things that were intended as list replies are accidentally sent as personal replies. trivial problem; they can be re-sent.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> 2. Things intended as list replies accidentally accumulate a long list of cc: addresses. Minor problem; the people in the CC list get multiple copies of messages.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> If the list does add a reply-to address, then there is one kind of very serous mistake:<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> 3. Things that were intended as personal replies accidentally get sent to the list. This is potentially a huge problem, as confidential information can be made public.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> Therefore, to minimise the harm done by mistakes, the list should not add a reply-to address to messages.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> I realise that this is debatable, but that’s my position.<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> Alan Barrett<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> _______________________________________________<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> Community-Discuss mailing list<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <a ymailto="mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net" href="mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net" class="">Community-Discuss@afrinic.net</a><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">> <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss" target="_blank" class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss</a><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Community-Discuss mailing list<br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><a ymailto="mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net" href="mailto:Community-Discuss@afrinic.net" class="">Community-Discuss@afrinic.net</a><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss" target="_blank" class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss</a><br class=""></div> </div> </blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>