* Jamin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001121 13:29]:
> It's only a minor annoyance, but is there a particular reason that replies
> to list posts go back to the author of the post rather than the list? I
> only ask because I know that every other list I subscribe to has it set so
> that the reply address is the list not the individual.
It's generally agreed (not by *everyone*, but generally) that this is a good
thing. It prevents the list from blowing away any Reply-To: header you have
set in your mailer, it prevents potentially delicate e-mail from being
accidentally posted to the list, and it allows users to more easily choose
to whom they wish to reply.
See <http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html> for why it's not a good
idea to mess with the Reply-To: header on a mailing list, and
<http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml> for a
counter-argument.
BTW, just to curtail any objections, if your mailer cannot reply *just* to
the list without Cc:'ing the other original recipients (like I've done
here), get a new mailer. Yours is broken.
/pg
--
Peter Green : Gospel Communications Network, SysAdmin : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---
MS-DOS, you can't live with it, you can live without it.
(from Lars Wirzenius' .sig)
