The Mutt Unix command line mail client seems to support private replies pretty well. Even when the list forces the normal reply function to go to the list, Mutt offers you the choice of sending to original sender or to the list. On the opposite side of the coin, Some lists make it nearly impossible to reply to the list without having to do a group reply and end up sending a message to both the original sender and the list. Again, Mutt has a "List-reply" function which will always send a single message to the list. Thunderbird also sports a List-Reply function.
I'm not aware of these official specs being discussed in this thread but at least some email clients (few) do make it easier to get around on these mailing lists with their inconsistent implementations. On Jul 24, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree; it's even less fun for list admins and postmasters who now have to > patch stuff up for no conceivable reason just to keep the messages flowing, > trust me. The world would be a better place without either Yahoo or AOL, and > if we could just stop them from posting, our problems would be solved. :) > > There is work being done in the relevant groups (and by "Work", I mean > catering to the damage, because the big guys have already made up their > minds) to make the behaviour consistent. The best fix I saw was in > LISTSERV(R), which creates a per-subscriber alias so behaviour continues to > be exactly as it always was. Sadly, LISTSERV(R) costs $10,000 plus annual > subscription just for the "Classic" (i.e. not crippled) version, and I ain't > got that kinda money. > > If/when you switch to Mail.app, the critical thing is to check all the fields > before you send. Each name is an embedded object that reveals the address > when you click on it, and it can be copied from one field to another. So > regardless of the behaviour, you can get replies sent where you need them to > go, even if it's not the easiest thing in the world to do. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
