Daniel Brown wrote: > As a relatively-new contributor to this list (read: under 2 > years), I realize that I have no business requesting a change, but > I'll breech etiquette and hope for the best. > > Can we update the filters on the list to have the reply-to address > header marked to the php-general address? The reason I ask this is > because, when people are on vacation (such as Juan is now), we receive > responses to our personal addresses. Secondly, we have to continually > "Reply All" the messages, which - though it's not a problem - can > cause issues when attempting to respond to those "[URGENT]" replies. > Third, our addresses are included in gmane, et al, which is an > inherent risk --- I understand. > > Maybe it's just the ramblings of someone attempting to read and > type on a limited-bandwidth mobile device while bored due to delays in > mass-transit facilities (here, read: I'm fucking exhausted, and yes, I > dropped the "F" bomb). In either case, it's not conducive to a new > contributor to have to weed through "vacation response" messages each > time he/she replies to the list. I agree here. I am on many lists and if I'm interested in something then I expect people to expect me to read the list for replies. But for noobs, the personal reply is quite good. I guess the rule should be "public list -> reply to poster", "subscription list -> reply to list". AFAIK Gmane etc. can be configured to obfuscate email addresses - certainly other lists I read through Gmane are... Col -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
