On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 15:17 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > There is no "Reply To List Only". There's Reply To List, and that's
> what
> > they'll get with Ctrl-R. How would a "Reply To List Only" be
> different?
> 
> Um, sorry if I'm being dim... but "that's what they'll get with
> Ctrl-R"
> seems different to what you said you were advocating, which was:
> 
> > - Reply To Author to reply to you alone.
> > - Reply To All to CC the author and reply to the list (the reverse
> of
> >      the current situation).
> > - Ctrl-L to disappear, and Ctrl-R to change to reflect that it's
> Reply
> >      To List.
> 
> It seems to me that you're actually suggesting:
>   - Reply to Author (i.e. Ctrl-R) to reply to the list, not be
> private.

No no no. Reply To Author is a reply to the author (sender) of the
message, i.e. what you get currently with Ctrl-R, and what you'll still
get with Ctrl-R when it's not a list message. This is very explicit in
the original proposal. Sorry if it isn't clear.

>   - Reply to All to do the same as now but with cosmetic differences.
> 
> If you really want to mollycoddle the idiots who can't manage to press
> the right button, how about a pop-up which says:
> 
>      =================================================================
> 
>         You are replying personally to the author of a message which
>         you received via a mailing list. Did you really mean to reply
>         privately, or did you mean use the "Reply to All" action?

Or the Reply To List action.

>            [x] Never ask me this stupid question again.
> 
>            [ Reply privately ]     [ Reply to All ]
> 
>      =================================================================

Maybe. I have no opinion on this.

> We could also change the "Reply" button and menu item to say "Private
> Reply" when it's a list message.

I guess. Doesn't do anything for those who use Ctrl-R of course.

poc

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