Re: lists vs. subscribe (was Re: mutt to follow discussions.)
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 08:16:42PM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org> [05-29-03 18:36]:
> > I wonder what percent of mail clients use Mail-Followup-To and then what
> > percent of users of those clients use the "List" reply function.
> >
> > And replying to this message, I've got debian-user as a "lists", but not
> > mutt-users, thus To: debian-user and Cc: mutt-users. If mutt was a
> > "lists" or subscribed then they would both be on the To: line.
>
> No, that is cross posting. Normally posting is only done in the
> particular list that you are reading (subscribed or not).
>
> Subscribed: mutt knows that you receive the list mail
> List: mutt knows to provide 'Mail-Followup-To' so you will
> receive answers to your post.
Very interesting discussion.
So if one uses Subscribed: will the 'L' key work the same way, when one
wishes to respond to a list rather than an individual?
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