> Von: Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 31 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 17:24:01, Michael Schumacher wrote: > > > > > This is intentional - google for "reply to considered harmful". > > > > This might have been of concern years ago, before people were used to > > mailing lists which do set the Reply-to header. Nowadays, I'd say that > the > > opposite is true, since setting the Reply-to header seems common > practice > > (at least if I look at the mailing lists I'm following, there are only 2 > > that don't set the header). > > The problem is still the same. > > It is better to accidentally mail only one person and need to resend to > the list than it is to accidentally send mail to many people. Well, let's just say that I tend to ignore private mail that is sent to me from a mailing list participant if it still has the subject used on the list, especially if it still contains the list markers ([gimp-user] etc). Sometimes, this is just accidently - I get the mail, rush through it, don't have an answer readily available and since it still has the marker, I assume it went to the list and someone else might answer it. Sometimes, a question pops up what makes me think "why couldn't the sender have posted this to the list or have searched the archives?". Especially when I don't have much time, I knowingly ignore these messages. Or, in just one sentence: When posting to a mailing list, I expect replies (either to or from the list) to end up on the list. The following is IMO: Not munging the reply-to header should be considered harmful. Not doing it makes it harder than needed for many people - usually the people who would be able to help the person who posted the question - to reply to as many people as possible. And making this harder is is not the purpose of a mailing list, is it? Michael -- Weitersagen: GMX DSL-Flatrates mit Tempo-Garantie! Ab 4,99 Euro/Monat: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
