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Re: Email programs that work.



On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 06:25:17PM +0300 or thereabouts, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> Stephen <stephen.d.allen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 02:36:55PM +0200 or thereabouts, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> > > Hello Stephen.
> > > 
> > > >> But the mentioned patch is included in TB 1.5.0.5 thanks to
> > > >> the TB package maintainers.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > It is ? I have that version and I don't see any button to 'reply to
> > > > list'. What am I missing ?
> > > 
> > > The extension[0].
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Regards, Mathias
> > > 
> > > [0] http://open.nit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=ReplyToListThunderbirdExtension
> > > 
> > 
> > Mathias:
> > 
> > Thanks. I was under the impression that the 'patch' being contained,
> > meant the functionality was already present without needing an
> > extension. :(
> > 
> > I have followed the request for this feature on Bugzilla. I agree with
> > most, that this shouldn't be an extension, but should be a basic function
> > of Thunderbird. I wonder why the developers are so reluctant to include
> > this without needing an extension. Is it because the majority of TBird
> > users don't require this, you think ?
> > 
> > Nevertheless, I'm going to try it out. Thanks for the URL.

> Please don't start this discussion. It's probably because of the old
> "reply-to munging" war.

Why on earth not ? If enough users have voted for this on Bugzilla, then
it behooves the developers to explain their thinking behind not
including it. Christ, this has been voted for, for the past 5 years or more.

It's the main reason that I started using mutt and stopped using T-Bird.


-- 
Regards
Stephen
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