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Re: debian-user and mutt...



On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 03:27:22PM +0000, Digby Tarvin wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Thanks for your message..
> 
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 03:25:44PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > > 
> > > Why is it that on the other lists I subscribe to a 'reply' to
> > > a posting by default goes to the list, but on this list it
> > > goes only to the original poster, and a 'replay-all' goes to
> > > the list with CC to the poster, which is presumably what
> > > the signature abore refers to...
> > 
> > This has been discussed, I think once per month (at least) :)
> > It has to do with Reply-To munging and is a BIG flame-bait on
> > this list. So please don't start
> 
> Looks like I didn't wait long enough then - I've only been
> subscribed since Jan 25th..
> 
> Is there a list FAQ I should have consulted - I didn't find one on
> 	http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/
> 
> That is usually the best way to avoid having the same questions
> asked over and over..
> 
> Alternatively, is there a searcheable archive? 
> 
> I did browse the archive, but certainly not exhaustively, and
> didn't spot anything relevent.
> 
> I also checked the welcome messgage sent after subscribing, but
> didn't see any mention of FAQs or archive searches to consult
> before posting..
> 
> > > To avoid making that mistake I have been manually editing
> > > the header of each response, but that is a bit tedious, so I
> > > assume there is a better way which I have just never needed
> > > to find before..
> > > 
> > > I am using mutt - a bit over two years old (1.4.1i - I'm not
> > > reading my mail on the Debian machine) but it has done what I
> > > need up until now...
> > 
> > AFAIK in mutt you have to hit L to reply-to-list (I don't use mutt)
> > The rest are for mutt experts...
> 
> It seems you are right, in as much as there is an L command that appears
> to be intended to deal with lists, but on your message it just gives me
> 
> 	No mailing lists found!

You may need to configure the mailing lists in your .muttrc file.
I used to have this done, but the mutt I have now doesn't seem to 
require it.

Here's the entire contents of the .muttrc file I used back when I needed 
it. (I found it on a backup -- always keep backups)

subscribe debian-user
subscribe fom.cs.nyu.edu
subscribe monotone-devel
subscribe smarteiffel.loria.fr
subscribe m3devel
subscribe tunes.tunes.org
subscribe plt-scheme.list.cs.brown.edu
subscribe stratego.cs.uu.nl
subscribe debian-testing.lists.debian.org

Maybe this helps?  There seems to be some way of abbreviating list names 
that I don't fully understand yet -- and probably never will, now that I 
don't seem to need it.

-- hendrik

> There is nothing incorrect in my headers as far as I know, but I do
> use a 'Reply-to:' to make sure that mail goes to my mailbox rather
> than just back to wherever I happened to originate a message from...

And that's what other mailing lists fuck up -- they mung the reply-to 
header to point to themselves, with the result that it may no longer be 
possible to reply personally to the original poster.

-- hendrik



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