Sorry, did it again. Sent it to the wrong place. Message below. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Brian Mearns <mearns.b@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:19 PM, ghe <ghe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Nov 19, 2009, at 8:25 PM, Henrik Nordstrom wrote: >> >>> fre 2009-11-13 klockan 11:44 -0500 skrev Brian Mearns: >>>> Would it be possible for the admins of this mailing list to setup the >>>> Reply-to header so hitting reply goes back to the mailing list? I >>>> don't know how many times I've sent responses directly back to the >>>> sender because I just started typing the response. >>> >>> No, because reply-to is even more harmful, causing responses which were >>> intended private to go to the list, and makes it very very hard to >>> respond privately with a standards conforming mail agent. >>> >>> The list server do set internet standard list headers, so if you have a >>> mail client which knows about mailing lists then you get a "Reply to >>> list" alternative. >> >> There's been a huge 'discussion' of this subject over on the Debian list. The loudest replies all seemed to say, "Use mutt!" >> >> So I had procmail look for an X-List or equivalent and add a Reply-To header (my clients don't do Reply-To-List). >> >> I almost always want a reply to go to the list, but I do need to think a bit to send off-list. That's rare enough that I can handle thinking that much. So far... >> >> -- >> Glenn English >> ghe@xxxxxxxxxxx >> > > There have been several suggestions that the solution is to just use a > more suitable mail program. Personally, I think that's a cop out of an > argument. Everyone picks there own mail agent for any number of > personal reasons, and to suggest that the only appropriate way to use > the mailing list is through a handful of specific ones is absurd. Now, > if my particular mail agent is broken or lacking common features, then > it's my cross to bear. But so far, I haven't been convinced that this > is a sufficiently common feature among mail agents. > > Regards, > -Brian > > -- > Feel free to contact me using PGP Encryption: > Key Id: 0x3AA70848 > Available from: http://keys.gnupg.net > -- Feel free to contact me using PGP Encryption: Key Id: 0x3AA70848 Available from: http://keys.gnupg.net
