On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 09:17:43PM -0500, Brandon McCaig wrote:
> Some mailing lists don't require a subscription so you should use
> 'g' to reply to those lists so even unsubscribed participants get
> the messages. Other lists insist that you /don't/ reply to
> everyone and only reply to the list so for those you should use
> 'L'. Which one is appropriate will depend on the list rules. It
> can be hard to keep it straight if you mostly lurk...

Not for the first time, I find myself wishing for a Geek Code -like
header to encode all the many mailing-list rules and preferences, so
that UAs could give us more help in conforming to local standards.

  h+    HTML mail is required
  h     HTML mail is encouraged
  h-    HTML mail is discouraged
  h!    HTML mail is punishable by death

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Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer   [email protected]
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