Re: Bogus reply-to

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

> I too use the wrong tool for the job; I am reading this through
> news://linux.debian.user (newsgroups are so much more convenient that
> mailing lists, particularly since I already read a dozen newsfroups),
> which preserves every header, so I can munge them back into something
> sensible, *except* it doesn't preserve Reply-To (for your posts, it
> sets "Mail-Copies-To: never", which I use in my script to detect
> people not wanting reply-tos).
>
> Possibly this is why people reply-to you directly.
>
>  

No. They do it because
a. The list doesn't set reply-to
b. With the settings this list has,  most popular UAs such  as Tbird  
deduce that if I reply, it replies only to the contributor. The 
alternative is "reply all," and then people need to prune.

This is a discussion list, and IMV its settings should reflect that use.

There are lists where off-list replies are appropriate: say I'm selling 
DVDs and this is my customer list. You and I would want replies to go to 
my enquiries address, not to the list.

> I personally think that policies on mailing lists shouldn't dictate
> things like reply-to (not that this one has been made publicly known
> other than through your rants), because some people prefer to get a
> reply-to (me, for example - reply-to means I can see any responses to
> me straight away without having to wait for the mailing list to do its
> thing), and I think it clutters the list to say "please reply to
> me". Let your mailer do its thing (set your own reply-to[1] as
> necessary, as you do), and hope that everyone respects it.
>
>  
The list's settings should reflect its primary use. This is a discussion 
list and its settings should reflect that.




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Cheers
John

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