Hi Chris,
> Can anything be done about this mailing list so it adds a reply-to
> header? No amount of hacking and changing mailers at this end can get
> it to reply to the list automatically.
What's the problem exactly? Just asking my email client to reply to
your message got me
To: Chris Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: arcem-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
which works fine. Yes, you end up with two copies but one doesn't
suffer a possible delay through a bogged-down mailing-list server.
It's a standard SourceForge Mailman mailing list and other
non-SourceForge Mailman ones seem to work the same way, e.g.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailing lists have worked this
way by default for decades.
Are you thinking of `"Reply-To" Munging Considered Harmful'?
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html. One bit goes...
It Adds Nothing
Reply-To munging does not benefit the user with a reasonable mailer.
People want to munge Reply-To headers to make "reply back to the
list" easy. But it already is easy. Reasonable mail programs have
two separate "reply" commands: one that replies directly to the
author of a message, and another that replies to the author plus all
of the list recipients. Even the lowly Berkeley Mail command has had
this for about a decade.
Any reasonable, modern mailer provides this feature. I prefer the
Elm mailer. It has separate "r)eply" and "g)roup-reply" commands. If
I want to reply to the author of a message, I strike the "r" key. If
I want to send a reply to the entire list, I hit "g" instead. Piece
'o cake.
I mention Elm here (and a lot later on) simply because that's the
mailer I use everyday. This sort of support is not unique to Elm Any
reasonable mailer provides it. The Pine mailer, for instance, asks
directly, "Reply to all recipients?" when you use the "r" command.
It doesn't get much easier than that!
Whichever mailer you choose, please read the fine manual that comes
with it. Unless you are stuck with some decrepit mail system, I bet
you'll find it has a similar feature. If so, you easily can choose
to direct your responses either to the original author or the entire
list. Mauling the mail headers doesn't make it any easier.
Cheers,
Ralph.
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