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



Am 2005-08-25 04:28:42, schrieb Wulfy:

> 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 

Look in the Header and yoiu will see the E-Mail of the Poster.
So you are wrong.

> from.  Every other list I am a member of, including Yahoo Groups, 

EGroups, YahooGroups... are sick !!!

> SmartGroups and various academic lists do that.  They work as expected.  

Should I post my Maildir-Entries ?

I am on 136 Mailinglists and ONLY around 10 using the Reply-To.

> It is only Debian lists that have this strange fetish of demanding 
> replies to the list and yet sending them to individuals.

Not right, because *@lists.php.net, pgsql-*@postgresql.org,
exim-*@exim.org, mutt-*@mutt.org, fetchmail-users, courier-users
and many others using the "L".

> Just because Mutt has a button Reply-To-Lists doesn't mean every client 
> has to.

Maybe you should update your MUA?

> jerk.

Greetings
Michelle

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