Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

[Patrick Rittich <prittich@dowco.com>]

Adam Hardy wrote:
> Jon Dowland on 24/08/05 13:54, wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 09:56:20PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
> >
> > > debian users:
> > >
> > > I am tired of replying to messages on this list, only to realize that
> > > my reply went to the message author and not to the list.  It is my
> > > understanding that the people in charge of this list think that his
> > > behavior is a feature, not a bug.  I disagree.
> >
> >
> >
> > You clearly don't know why Reply-To isn't set, so why not google the
> > list archives and find out? Same goes for every self-confessed newbie
> > who replied "Yes".
>
>
> Ironically the first post that comes up in google argues for the munging 
> of reply-to:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Alists.debian.org+reply-to+set
>
> However after reading the arguments on the page it links to, I have to 
> say I agree that current list behaviour is best. In fact my favourite 
> subtitle from the document is:
>
> Coddling the Brain-Dead, Penalizing the Conscientious
>
> Brilliant!
>
> However my email reader of choice doesn't have reply-to-list, shame on 
> Mozilla.
Agreed. I switched from crash-prone evolution to mozilla-thunderbird a 
few months ago and noticed this feature missing. Somebody ought to do 
something! :)

> One thing I would like the list server to munge would be the 
> receipt-confirmation header (or whatever it's called). It seems like a 
> large waste of bandwidth and a heavy punishment to allow all list 
> readers the option to blitz an unsuspecting poster with receipt 
> confirmations.
Agreed. Whenever I see those receipt confirmations come up I always 
think of spammers getting hundreds of them back, confirmation of a valid 
email address.
> Adam


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Patrick Rittich
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Dowco Computer Systems Ltd.