I have never understood why this poster is recommended, nor why it is the default. I've been on a lot of lists, on a lot of systems, and have never been on one that defaults to sending a response only to the author of the post I am replying to.
and Thomas Hochstein replied
<http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html>
Thanks - I understand the points made there. HOWEVER, I would say that the big list providers like Yahoo, Topic and the rest have made "reply to list" the expected norm. Times have changed - lists are not long used only by folks who know how to build a computer from scratch and program it themselves. A lot of user have been conditioned to hit "reply" without thinking. Additionally, a lot of folks don't want a private copy plus one to the list - and done as the author suggests there is no quick and easy way to send to the list only. Then there was this:
"Look at the original message header, write down the sender's email address, hit the "r" key, call up the header editing menu, erase the current To: value, and type in the sender's full email address. And pray the correct address wasn't wiped out when the Reply-To was munged."
Has this fellow never heard of cut and paste? I've never had a problem adding the author as a cc, or sending to the author rather than the list. Yes it's a bit more work, but as it's the exception rather than the rule for me it's not a problem. And as a list manager with a lot of computer illiterate folks I'm very glad I've set up the most often desired behaviour as the default. Mailman does not destroy the original senders identify or e-mail, so this part of the argument is moot. Additionally you have digests, which can't reply to author automatically.
Bottom line, I can understand that there was a time when reply to author made sense for a lot of lists, but I don't think that is the case anymore.
<>< Paul, who ironically got this to the list, not the author, by hitting reply (digest).
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