Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 04 July 2010 05:21:33 Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-07-03, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: The computer gods allow me two cock-ups a day. I'm already way over limit and using up half of next week's quota in advance That's what happens when you try to work,

[gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-03 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-07-03, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: The computer gods allow me two cock-ups a day. I'm already way over limit and using up half of next week's quota in advance That's what happens when you try to work, answer list mail and watch the World Cup in your back yard all

[gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Nuno J. Silva
Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com writes: Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrechtnicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing the 'Reply-To' header to the mailing list address. Most mailing lists I use don't do that. It

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com writes: Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrechtnicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing the 'Reply-To' header to the mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Nuno J. Silva
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com writes: On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote: Is there a way for someone to add another address to Reply-To? (Does the list management software overwrite the header or just appends its address?) Such a way would suit the OP and people

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Dale
Nuno J. Silva wrote: Alan McKinnonalan.mckin...@gmail.com writes: On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote: Is there a way for someone to add another address to Reply-To? (Does the list management software overwrite the header or just appends its address?) Such a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 02 July 2010 12:38:05 Nuno J. Silva wrote: Or is Nicolas looking to reply to everyone when he writes? That would be bad, as there are people who prefer to receive messages through the list or using NNTP. I think Nicolas is seeking to get mail to do something it was not designed to

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2010-07-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-07-02, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote: Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com writes: Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrechtnicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:19:36 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: Not really. The OP's choice of mail client isn't going to change what happens when people reply to his postings. He wants reply-to to contain his address as well as the list address so that he gets a direct response and doesn't

[gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-07-02, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:19:36 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: Not really. The OP's choice of mail client isn't going to change what happens when people reply to his postings. He wants reply-to to contain his address as well as the list

[gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-01 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrecht nicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing the 'Reply-To' header to the mailing list address. Most mailing lists I use don't do that. It is usually better and prefer the answer to all policy as it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-01 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrechtnicolas.s-...@laposte.net wrote: I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing the 'Reply-To' header to the mailing list address. Most mailing lists I use don't do that. It is usually better and prefer the