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I see many mistaken "Reply"'s every month, and I think I've only seen one mistaken "Reply to all" in my life.
by afterburner 14y ago
I see many mistaken "Reply"'s every month, and I think I've only seen one mistaken "Reply to all" in my life.
- modeless 14y agoYou've never seen an email storm then? They're most often started by a mistaken "Reply all". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_storm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_storm
- afterburner 14y agoI've read hilarious stories about them, but I've never been part of one. (Someone replied to all once at my old job when they shouldn't have. Then they said oops. End of boring story.)
- pcl 14y agoIn my experience, they've been caused by misconfigured listservs.
- wladimir 14y agoOn the other hand, the potential damage of one mistaken "Reply to all" can be enormous, compared to a mistaken "Reply" which just adds some extra work.
- afterburner 14y agoUsually true, but I've seen an errant "Reply" cause misunderstandings too (due to lack of communication rather than inappropriate communication). You're courting disaster anyways by replying off a mass email chain to one person on it.