On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Felipe Contreras >> <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Orthogonal to this is that the mailing lists should not mingle with >>> "Reply-To"; they should leave the To and Cc fields intact, so that the >>> MUA can reply to the right addresses. See: >>> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html >>> >>> This way when a non-subscriber posts something, he doesn't have to add >>> the "Please CC me as I'm not in the mailing list"; it will happen >>> automatically. >> >> I couldn't disagree more. >> >> Posting to the list: If someone wants to benefit from a list, the >> least that he/she should do is subscribe. I delete systematically any >> email with "please cc me as I'm not subscribed to the list". > > So you are saying that all the people that post to the mailing list > are doing so to benefit themselves, and not to help the community? No. I am saying that if you are not willing to subscribe, you are not, AFAIC, part of the community. >> Replying to the list: I want the lust to "mangle" the headers so that >> I can hit "reply" and have the email go the list and not to the person >> to whom I am replying. > > When you hit "reply to all" the mail will be sent to the mailing list, > and the other person would receive the mail directly from you, and > will know that the mail was directed to him (as a marker in Gmail, or > mutt, etc.). Also it's nice to be able to search back mail: > 'in:linux-kernel and to:felipe.contreras' and see actual results. > > Is it so much to ask for you to hit "reply to all" instead of "reply" > (depending on the case), so that other people can have the benefits of > non-munged headers? On debian-user, hitting reply sends an email back to the poster and there are two regular complaints. 1. Many people hit "reply" and don't send a reply to the list - and the recipient then forwards the unintended private email back to the list. 2. Many people hit "reply all" and the person they are replying to complains that he/she has received two emails. So non-munged headers create more problems that they are worth. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
