On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 13:55 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 10:25 +0800, Not Zed wrote: > > > Is there a particular reason for this? > > > > Yes there is. Mailing lists aren't supposed to set reply-to. > > > > If a user has set reply-to it means they specifically want the reply > > going to another address than the one they sent it from. > > I think there is a better solution. Perhaps reply-to is ok left the way > the user sets it. > > Instead, maybe the list should set the "from" address as being the list, > instead of the OP. > > Then, people who set reply-to's will get them to their correct account, > and otherwise, replies will go to the list. > > Coupled with this, I think the default evolution action when > encountering a list should be as follows: > "reply" button replies to the "X-BeenThere" or "List-Id" or "List-Post", > whichever is the correct one /regardless/ of reply-to. > > "reply to sender" (an extra button when one of the above headers is > encountered) sends either to the OP's "reply-to" address, unless they > haven't specified one, in which case it will send to the OP's "from" > address. > > But unless otherwise specified, "reply" for a list, should definitely go > to the list.
So what if you just want to send a private off-list reply? Thats what reply is for, its reply to sender ... _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
