T. Ribbrock wrote:
On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 10:14:55AM +0000, Dick Gevers wrote:
Would you please be so kind to fix your Reply-to setting ? As it is now it sends a reply only to you; not to the list. Thanks!
As the list archives don't seem to work[0], please allow me one question: *Why* does this list have a Reply-To, anyway? To me, a Reply-To set to the list always seemed a rather stupid idea, as it makes the default to reply to the list - and accidentally replying to the list when it isn't intended is a lot more embarrassing than accidentally just sending something to a single person instead of the list. In the latter case I just resend it, in the former case I won't be able to retract the mail... Also, good mail programs have "list-reply" functions, anyway - so what's the added functionality?
If I understand you, there is no need to set your mail agent's reply-to to the list. In fact, if you leave reply-to unset, all replies to mail you send will be sent back to the address you are sending from, except in such cases as the mailing lists, where replies ought to be automatically sent to the list, not you. The list is a public forum, not a private resource. If someone wants to make a private reply to a mail on the list, it is incumbent upon them to reply only to the individual, not incumbent upon everyone else to change the automatic behavior everytime they wish to reply to the list. Simply leave your reply-to unset.
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette
http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/reply-to
Thanks for enlightening me,
Thomas
[0] on archives.mandrakelinux.com, I get "Can not connect to search daemon" - are there other archives?
These pages contain other list archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker http://www.mail-archive.com/lists.html
Rolf
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