On 2018-02-06 08:49:01 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2018-02-06 at 08:18, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2018-02-06 14:36:31 +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > >> On 06/02/18 02:11, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >> > >>> You should set up a "Mail-Followup-To:" for that. This is > >>> entirely your problem. > >> > >> I could do that, I'm sure (though I'm not sure how) - but I'd > >> rather that someone intending to send me a private reply didn't > >> send it to the list by mistake. Having to (in my case) click 'Reply > >> to List' helps me not send to the list by mistake. > > > > This is not contradictory with the setting of "Mail-Followup-To:". > > Arguably, if the mailing list does not default replies back to it > normally, a responder who wishes to send a private reply may not be > expecting that Reply will go to the mailing list, and so (when > Mail-Followup-To is set to the list address) may fail to notice that > adjusting the addressee list is needed.
If this is a private reply, the user should just use the "reply" feature of his mailer. The reply will never go to the list. There is no need to adjust anything. > > But the other users cannot know what you want if you do not set > > "Mail-Followup-To:". > > They should not have to. > > They should be able to assume that you have taken all necessary actions > to ensure that you see any replies you want to see. > > That could involve setting the header, or it could involve subscribing > to the mailing list, or it could involve requesting explicitly (in the > body of the mail or in your signature) to be CCed, or it could involve > something else. Users don't want to have to look at the signature. They don't want to add addresses manually. If a user requests that he wants to be Cc'ed and I notice it, then I will tend to do a group-reply instead of a list-reply. This means that other users of the discussion will also be Cc'ed, unless the Mail-Followup-To is set up correctly, in which case everything is fine: the users who do not want to be Cc'ed won't be Cc'ed; the other users will be Cc'ed. Unfortunately some mailers lose Mail-Followup-To information, but in general, this is better than nothing. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
