On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 17:06 +0200, Peter Lind wrote: > On 22 April 2010 12:14, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I believe Dan Brown mentioned a very good reason why this is not as > > simple an issue as just changing the reply-to. Not everyone who posts to > > the list subscribes to the list, so being copied into the emails is good > > for them. Suddenly changing the way things work could actually be > > detrimental to the list. Imagine how many people joined up *after* > > posting a question and receiving a good answer. > > That wouldn't change - they only get copied in when you choose > 'reply-all' and that would work the same whether or not a 'reply-to' > is used. > > Regards > Peter > It would change for the first reply. You say you just want to hit reply to reply to the list. Now if anyone hits reply, because the reply-to' header has been changed, the reply goes to the list and not the op. They're not subscribed and so they miss out. The way things stand, hitting reply instead of reply to all sends the reply back to the op only. It happens on this list often and doesn't cause many issues as the op or replyer notices and sends/copies the list back in again. Changing the reply-to header would mean that if someone just hit reply, the unsubscribed op wouldn't get the reply at all, and any further replies to that thread would all be to the list only and the unsubscribed op would never know. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
