On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 09:56, T. Ribbrock wrote: > On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 07:12:08AM -0700, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > > If I understand you, there is no need to set your mail agent's reply-to > > to the list. > > Personally, I hardly ever set a Reply-To... > > > > 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. > > I agree, but to me, the principle of "least surprise" works the other > way round: If I hit "reply", I expect to reply to the sender, not the > list - that's the way it always works. > In my case, if I want to reply to the list, I hit "list-reply", not > "reply".
I don't get the mail from the sender ... I get it from the list. The reply to isn't "set" it's exactly as it should be ... from the sender. Which in this case is the list server. Not you or any other individual. > > > > 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. > > But the "Reply-To" header of the list does change the automatic > behaviour - "reply" and "list-reply" now work the same, which would > not be the case if Reply-To wasn't set at all... > On second thought, I realize that I might be forgetting that there are > too many mail clients that don't have "list-reply", which is a pity. > Great functionality. Dunno what list reply you refer to. > > > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette > > http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/reply-to > > Thanks for the pointers! I admit I'm not convinced, but I see that I'm > in a minority here, so I'll shut up now (and promise not to set > "Reply-To"... ;-) ). > > Cheerio, > > Thomas > > P.S.: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker > > Duh - should've thought of that one... :-/
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