On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 11:22:53PM +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 04.02.16 12:13, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 09:51:54PM +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > OK, as is, "To:" becomes the sender of the post to which we're replying, > > > i.e. the person to whom we actually are replying, and "CC:" is the list > > > and all the other recipients of the prior post, i.e. the CC recipients. > > > The effect of that is the same as your proposed aesthetic variant, AIUI. > > > > For one this is not just aesthetic, because putting a recipient in > > "CC:" tells him or her "you might be interested in this" while > > "To:" means "I'm talking specifically to you". I make this > > distinction frequently and may often not read a message thoroughly > > if I'm only in "CC:". > > That is precisely why it is correct for the prior poster, i.e. the only > person to whom we _are_ directly replying, to be alone on "To:", as > currently occurs.
When using list-reply the prior poster is not the main recipient, and that's what we're talking about. You start a discussion on a mailing list with every subscriber or reader "implicitly" cc'ed. Staying with the example of gcc-patches: Many people (including me) don't subscribe the list but check it manually for topics interesting to them, so usually the "courtesy copy" is the only message they usually get. Still, replies should go to the list with "courtesy copies" in CC. This model is not well supported by mutt, i.e. you have to hand edit the recipient list (which I do all the time) or live with the main recipient (the list) in CC and/or other people who may not even have written a single message in "To:". > As you have defined it, and I am tempted to concur, it is the proposed > variant which would be incorrect, if anything is. Your model of reading gcc-patches may be different and well supported by mutt. "list-reply-keep-others-in-cc", not for a group reply with special handling for list addresses. > Still, if desperate, you could: > > set edit_headers=yes > > and shuffle recipients about while composing the reply. If that doesn't > suit, then ISTR that a post-edit filter could be written and > automatically run on exit from the editor, e.g. a few lines of awk. > (If not automatically, then it can definitely be run manually once back > in the compose menu.) I'll try that if there's no easier way built into mutt. Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt IBM Germany
