Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?
On Wednesday 24 August 2005 08:28 pm, Wulfy wrote:
> When I get a personal e-mail from someone, I expect the Reply-To button
> to reply to them. When I get an e-mail from a *list* I expect the
> Reply-To button to reply to the *list* as that is where the e-mail came
> from. Every other list I am a member of, including Yahoo Groups,
> SmartGroups and various academic lists do that. They work as expected.
> It is only Debian lists that have this strange fetish of demanding
> replies to the list and yet sending them to individuals.
The list follows established, standard behavior.
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> Just because Mutt has a button Reply-To-Lists doesn't mean every client
> has to.
Most mailers, and all the decent ones, have reply-to-list. Please join us in
the third millennium.
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