Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Mailing List Netiquette
Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:37:30PM -0800, Justin Gallardo wrote:
>> When replying
>> to an email, is it proper to leave the original poster in the To: line of
>> the email, and the CC the list? Or is it better to just send your reply
>> to the list, not specifically mentioning the original poster. Possibly it
>> is acceptable to just do whatever Reply All in your client gives you(I
>> would think the effect of this is configurable through the mailing list).
>> I was curious if I could get other's input on this matter.
>
> It is best to use an email client which has a reply option that a)
> is aware of mailing lists and b) honors the Mail-Followup-To header
> when present. (mutt is one example of such a client.)
I would go so far as to say that clients missing this functionality are to
be considered hopelessly obsolete and to be avoided.
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