Re: More detailed post ...
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 02:50, Paul Johnson wrote:
> This isn't standard, nor is it a good idea. (Yahoo Groups is the only
> place I know of that still uses it).
>
mailman and ezmlm both do this. i'm not sure if it is the default, or
it is just the case on the mailing lists that i'm subscribed to.
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
>
i hadn't read that, and it brings up a number of points I hadn't
considered, but the majority of them are along the lines of "elm has a
reply-to-list function, so this isn't a problem". however, it is a
problem in many (popular) mailers which don't have a reply-to-list
function.
> Instead of breaking the list, you should either switch to a mailer
> that supports replying to mailing lists, or bitch at your current
> vendor to fix it. Mailing lists have been around for, what, 30+ years
> now? Missing a reply-to-list function should definately be considered
> a bug by now. Treat it as such.
my mailer has a reply-to-list function, so i don't need to complain to
my vendor. someone should complain to mozilla, netscape and microsoft
though, since their mail software doesn't support this function.
>
> > mutt does this, netscape/mozilla does this and evolution does this.
>
> Mutt does not do this.
mutt apparently has a reply-to-list function that i was unaware of. (g,
instead of r)
> > if you are going to be complaining to anyone, you should complain to
> > whomever runs lists.debian.org, not to the people who accidentially (or
> > unknowingly) send a "reply to all" whenever they post to this list.
>
> No. The list is behaving properly. Deal.
i'm fine with that, but i don't see a point in berating people whose
mailers make it difficult to reply to the list.
i'm sorry if i've upset some people with my suggestions, i was unaware
that this had previously been discussed.
-Fred
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Fred Smith <fps@dividedsky.net>
http://dividedsky.net/
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