Re: Editing /etc/apt/sources.list breaks update
On 16 September 2017 at 23:25, Erik Christiansen
<dvalin@internode.on.net> wrote:
> On 16.09.17 15:44, Juha Manninen wrote:
>> BTW, the reply address of this mailing list is set wrong. In some
>> other lists I can click Reply and it goes to the list. Here it would
>> go to the person who sent the last message. I have to edit the
>> recipient field.
Juha, that is because those other lists set the "Reply-To" header to
themselves, in the belief that it reduces confusion for users who
are using inadequate email clients.
However that is a misuse of that header (because its purpose is for
the writer of the email to specify a different email address of their own
where they prefer to receive replies they want replies to go), so this
list does not do that.
More information is at:
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-still-harmful.html
> The deficiency lies in your MUA settings.
No, the deficiency lies in gmail.
On 17 September 2017 at 23:55, Erik Christiansen
<dvalin@internode.on.net> wrote:
> On 16.09.17 21:28, Juha Manninen wrote:
>> I use the browser interface for GMail. Ok, it is not very geeky but it
>> works for me.
>> I cannot see any GMail setting that would affect this issue.
>> If somebody has ideas, please tell me.
> Comparing the "List-..." headers provided on other lists may reveal what
> gmail is relying on for list detection, but google might do that too.
Gmail does not do any list detection.
Gmail offers only "Reply" or "Reply-to-all" capability, like those other
inadequate email clients I mentioned above.
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