Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:27:28PM +0100, Doofus wrote:
Yes, I've read a lot in the twenty minutes since writing the above. I
use thunderbird though in linux, solaris and windows. No matter, I'll
deal with it. Maybe I'll look at the much lauded mutt...
Part of the problem with this whole thing is that Thunderbird is a truly
awful mail client. Yes it generally works and yes it is cross platform
but it is very poorly put together.
Besides the list header stuff it threads poorly, defaults to sending
html messages, and does not default to using SSL even when the server
supports it (how hard is it to check for SSL capability of a server when
setting up a new account). It also has some really screwy IMAP behavior.
So yes, Thunderbird does not include a "reply to list" function, and yes
that's just another problem with a problematic mail client.
As far as the list header munging stuff goes, I don't think it would
really bother me either way, but having the ability to choose to reply
on or off list based on which button I push is kind of nice.
--
Steve Block
http://ev-15.com/
http://steveblock.com/
scblock@ev-15.com
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