Dave, et al -- ...and then Dave G said... % % % Dave T-G said: ... % > simply allows whatever reply you want. % % And Jason Wong said: % > Simply put, there are mail clients available which are mailing-list % aware. To ... % % I was wrong, wrong, so very wrong. I see the light now, and I am % completely changing my stance on this.
It's not about being right or wrong, although I do have my own ideas of what is right and will passionately defend them. I am glad to see that what I/we have been saying has at least come clear, even if you were to continue to disagree. That's *good*. % I now understand that what I want is mailing software which is % "mailing list aware" so that I can set up the default behaviour of my % "reply" button to go to the list and not to the user, because that is my % user preference. Right! Piece of cake. ... % I was wrong, and I'm big enough to say it. Wrong, wrong, wrong. In % fact, I'm going to revel in it. I have learned, changed, grown. This is % good. Your attitude is good, too. I could learn a lot from it (I'm working on it, though!). % % So, now, what I personally want, in order to take advantage of this % "non munging" approach to mailing lists, is three buttons: % 1. "Reply", and the default behaviour, in the case of mailing lists, % is to send to the list. Yep. We mutt users call that "list reply". % 2. "Reply to all", to send to everyone and their dog, because canine % input is very important. Yep. That's "group reply" from where I come. Dogs are optional :-) % 3. "Reply to email author only" for, again in the case of mailing % lists, the odd exceptional time when I want to reply not to the list, % but just to the guy/gal who posted the message. Yep. That's the good old "reply" we all know and love. % % So, if anyone has recommendations for email software which allows me % to set up these buttons in this way, please let me know. You've % convinced me that this mailing list system offers the most control, so % which software allows me to best take advantage of it? I highly recommend mutt; it does all of that and more. What many mutt users do is set up 'reply' to reply to the list when reading a list (and then set up something else for "reply only to the author" if they prefer industrious work over a casual reply-to-all-and-trim) so that the typical action is even the same. I don't know from any other mail programs -- mutt does everything I need and then some -- but I have heard good things about Evolution, Sylpheed, and TheBAT! at various times. % % -- % Cheers! % Dave G % [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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