On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Chip Rosenthal wrote:
> By the way, note this message is addressed only to the list. I
> did my Elm g)roup reply, and used an xterm cut-n-paste to move the
> Cc: to the To:. It's a little more work, but way easier than trying
> to reply to the author on a munged list.
Depends on the mail client I suppose. I use good ol' pine, and I _love_
lists that use the reply-to-list feature. Pine asks if you want to use the
reply-to instead of the sender address when you reply, and if you answer the
prompts correctly, you can reply to the list, sender, or both without
cutting/pasting. After doing it over and over, it's automatic to me, and
I've never sent a private message to a list. Works well for me because
probably 95% of my replies always go to the list, not sender.
OTOH, without reply-to, as this list is setup, there is no way to reply ONLY
to the list without cutting and pasting. Like just now, I had the choice of
sending back to Chip, or to Chip, and cc'ing the list. That's all. PITA,
IMO. Maybe it's your email client not reply-to that's screwed up. ;)
All the lists I run will always use reply-to, despite that diatribe on
that web page saying how bad it is.
YMMV, IMO, my $.0002 cents worth, yada yada.
laters,
Micah Thompson
Computer System Manager
WebMaster
KXAN-TV 36, NBC Affiliate, http://www.kxan.com
KNVA-TV 54, WB Affiliate, http://www.knva.com
Austin, TX
