Reply to list vs. no - suggeted solution to accomodate everyone

[Shachar Shemesh]

Hi,

It seems that there are two types of people on this list, with the following motives (both I can understand).
A. People who want the people who click "reply to all" to send them two messages when replying to them.
B. People who only want to get each message once, regardless of whether they were in the discussion or not.

Group B's motives are clear. Group A's motives, of which I am a member, usually stem from mailing list header based filtering. This means that messages sent through the list are filed into one folder, while messages sent to me directly arrive at my inbox. When you click "reply to all" on my messages, you are sending a message to my list's folder, and also one arriving at my inbox, signalling to me that this is a personal answer which should be addressed on a different priority.

I am not trying to open the "list should add replyto" discussion. Not only has this discussion been answered with the same answer repeatadly each time Nadav raised it, but this is not technically possible with a list that has "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", all submitting to the same list (which one will you put in the reply to? if someone posted to another address, *the list* will get two copies when clicking "reply to all").

We do see that the problem is that, when I click "reply to all", I don't know whether to remove the CC to the recipent or not, unless I happen to know the recipent. I know that Muli wants my additional copy, and the Ira doesn't. This is just coincidance.

What I suggest is that those people who don't want to get double replies manually add the "reply to" upon sending the message. This solves all problems:
A. Each one decides for himself whether he gets two copies or one.
B. Noone's decisions are forced upon anyone else.
C. You know which address you are sending to, you know what to put in the "reply to" field (i.e. - if you are sending to [EMAIL PROTECTED], you will not put "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" in the reply to).

What do you think? Can we, please, put this discussion to sleep once and for all?

--
Shachar Shemesh
Open Source integration consultant
http://www.consumer.org.il/sun/



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