On Mon, 2015-03-09 at 11:31 -0500, Brian J. Johnson wrote:
> 
> Personally, I like the Reply-To header.  With it, using Thunderbird, 
> replies go to the list automatically.  Without it, I need to "reply
> all" then edit the "To:" header if I want to reply only to the list.
> If I just "reply", it only goes to the original sender.  I find I
> reply to the list far more often than to an individual, so the
> Reply-To is handy for me.

Please, *don't* do that. Please read
http://david.woodhou.se/reply-to-list.html which covers the issues to
think about when making that decision.

In summary (but seriously, please do read the above link):

If you reply to the list only, you often cut people (and other
cross-posted mailing lists) out of the discussion *entirely*. It's
extremely rude and unhelpful.

If you 'reply all' and keep others in Cc, there is only a *minor*
annoyance for some people who didn't want a second copy. Which is fairly
trivial for them to fix, by asking the list not to send them a copy when
they're in To:/Cc:, and/or tweaking their filters if they have them to
file messages which are To/Cc the list into the relevant folder too.

This 'reply to list' thing is an abomination and should be stopped.

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dwmw2

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