On the mailing list web interface, when I want to reply to an email, I
click Reply To ..., but it opens up a new email in my mail client with
To: set to directly email that person rather than the list, does not
include the subject, or body to reply to.
I have been perpetually bewildered by the email process ever since I
first started contributing. I feel like there is nothing wrong with
email per-se, but the clients and interfaces we use often seem allergic
to convenience.
It seems that to reply to an an email on, say, guix-devel, one can:
A) Have already previously subscribed to the list so that the email can
be correctly replied to -- This is a bit unrealistic. If you're not
already subscribed how do you respond to previous emails?
B) Manually copy paste information from the html source code, or mbox
archive to set To:, CC: etc. -- I've done this many times but it feels
a bit ridiculous.
C) Download the mbox archives and import into email client -- Seems to
work, but the archives may not be refreshed for emails from 5 minutes ago.
Is there some reason why a simple "reply via email" button can't Just
Work(tm)? Especially if I'm on mobile and want to quickly reply to
something. Or am i missing something obvious?
