Re: Query about Iceape, Iceweasel

["Kelly Clowers" <kelly.clowers@gmail.com>]

On 10/18/07, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
> "Kelly Clowers" <kelly.clowers@gmail.com> writes:
> >> "This" being?
> >
> > "This" being the idea that gmail has no way to detect that this
> > is a mailing list.
>
> You're right, gmail can detect _that_.
>
> > Based on this gmail could add a "reply to list button"
>
> ... and it could add a button with that ("reply to list only") behavior too.
>
> However, gmail's behavior is certainly correct for "reply to all", and
> the decision over what to use (reply to list only, or reply to all) is
> up to the user -- and it's not an entirely trivial decision for the user
> either, as some lists call for one ("reply to list only"), and some call
> for the other ("reply to all") behavior, with the latter being
> traditional.

That's the problem. There is a "reply" button and a "reply to all".
If you press "reply", you get only a "To:" field with the individual
address filled in. If you press "reply to all", you get a "To:" field
with the individual address and a "Cc:" field with the list address.

You have to cut and paste the list address from "Cc:" to "To:" and
delete the individual address.

> [A better method would be to have a per-list option to enable the
> reply-to-list-only behavior -- that way only people who actually know
> what they're doing would be bothered by it.]

I agree on that.


On topic: Bret, did you get a chance to reinstall and try a new
profile? I think that should help, or at least eliminate what I
think is the most likely problem.


Cheers,
Kelly