[OT] I don't want to be a smart-ass, but I need to say this: I probably do know enough about e-mail clients and RFC-822 header fields, because back in the 90s when I still was a software developer, I implemented a multi-threaded, platform-independent e-mail server from scratch, only based on reading RFCs, BTW. I also implemented a POP3 e-mail client (also platform-independent, also from scratch) and a complex MIME en-/decoder capable of sending a whole directory tree of documents as a hierarchically nested set of MIME documents, i.e. on the recipient side there really was a hierarchy again, not a flat set of files. You need to know the RFCs to implement that properly, and I do. [/OT]
Furthermore, I know what the "reply all" button is good for and my e-mailer has one, placed prominently. Anyway, I prefer to answer to the list *only* and think that for members of any mailing list this should be the default. Replying to anybody privately should be an exception. I would even prefer if my e-mail address was hidden, but this is another topic, don't let me stray from the main one again. I am a member of several other lists which have been implemented according to what I am suggesting here (e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Having to consider which list does what every time I want to reply to a message is a pain in the ***. Being an (ex-)geek does not necessarily mean I do not like to have a smart and convenient default. Usability can be a nice thing. Having explained that, I am going to find out how to tweak Thunderbird 2 so it does what I want. Sorry for having made my own problem yours, but I think once in a while a mailing list can bear with a meta discussion about itself. Regards -- Alexander Kriegisch _______________________________________________ Mc-devel mailing list http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc-devel
