Ross Levis wrote:
> 
> David Balazic wrote:
> 
>  >>Why not make the most probable choice the easiest one?
>  >>
>  >
>  >Because it makes replying only to the author a pain-in-the-ass.
>  >
> 
> It currently makes replying to the list a pain-in-the-ass.
> 
>  > Very hard to double-click the To: field and hit BACKSPACE ...
>  > ( to delete the authors address )
> 
> Just double-click the To: field and hit BACKSPACE ...
> ( to delete the list address )

( I assume you mean this as an example of sending the reply
to the author , in case when Reply-to munging is used )

Try that again. You will notice that after you deleted the list address
the message will be sent to /dev/null as there are no recepients
listed any more. You must either :

- type in the address of the author ( a big PITA )
- copy the authors address from the original message and paste
  it into the reply ( a smaller PITA , but still a lot more than
  anything needed in the non-reply-to scenario )


It is "three or one clicks" versus "one or six clicks".

Explanation :

 - no Reply-To: munging :
    - reply to list only :
       1.) click on REPLY
       2.) select the authors address ( either by double-clicking or drag-selecting )
       3.) hit BACKSPACE
    - reply to author only : 
       1.) click on REPLY

 - Reply-To: munging :
    - reply to list only :
       1.) click on REPLY ( or REPLAY-ALL, behaves the same in Netscape )
    - reply to author only : 
       1.) select the authors address in the original mail
       2.) click COPY ( or press ctrl-c )
       3.) click REPLY
       4.) select the list address
       5.) hit BACKSPACE
       6.) click PASTE ( or press ctrl-v )

( it may be one step less on UNIX where SELECTing and COPYing are one step )

-- 
David Balazic
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"Be excellent to each other." - Bill S. Preston, Esq., & "Ted" Theodore Logan
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