Is there an obvious technical reason why the major email services (Outlook, gmail, etc) can't seem to limit recipients from Replying-All? - eviltoast

Why not just have an easy button that you can click saying Do Not Allow Reply All?

I know that there are some ways you can limit reply-all availability, like in the URL linked here. But there’s a note: If recipients open this email in other mail applications except Microsoft Outlook, such as opening on web page via web mailbox, they can reply all this email.

I’m semi-tech savvy but I’m no programmer. It feels like it should be easy to do, so either I’m totally wrong or email services are really missing out on a great thing they could do.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    1 month ago

    you think thats bad. group texts automatically send to all. It doesn’t even default to just replying to the last person to send to you.

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      30 days ago

      Yeah for real, fuck SMS protocol for omitting basic quality of life features developed decades prior.

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      30 days ago

      We brought on a man in his mid 50s. He knows the work and doesn’t complain about long hard hours. The problem is he can barely work his iPhone let alone a laptop. I’m just a team lead so I don’t need to deal with his computer shit really, but I learned quickly that I couldn’t put him on group texts. He cannot tell the difference between a group text and a regular text.

      “Don’t know why you’re asking me”

      “You should talk to X about that”

      “X” was in the group text as was his boss. After that I just took him off the group texts for the rest of the project and sent him need to know info separately.