Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-27 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 1:38 PM, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote:
 On Sun, 22 Jun 2014, Tom H wrote:
 On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote:
 On Fri, 20 Jun 2014, Bob Proulx wrote:

 This is one of those religious wars that has been fought and won
 and lost many times across the Internet. Please don't start it up
 again here. If you do really want to do so please use the
 off-topic mailing list
 d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org since the issue has
 nothing to do with using Debian.

 Given what has already hapened within the thread, the above message
 to which I am responding, appears to be a troll.

 Requesting that you take a religious-type discussion (like a list's
 Reply To settings) to the OT list isn't trolling!

 see

 https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/06/msg01187.html

 wherein on Wed, 18 Jun 2014, Bret Busby wrote:

 Now, if only the list defaulted to Reply To List, it would be good,
 and, make replying to the list, easier...

 But, I believe that this particular issue has very strong feelings on
 both sides of the debate.

 and so, iiuc, OP (Bret) was not trying to initiate a discussion of how
 things (listserv configs, etc) *should* be. instead, it looks to me
 that OP merely sought to clarify how things actually *are*.

So this should've pointed out rather than stupidly calling Bob P a troll.


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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-26 Thread davidson

Hi Bret.

On Wed, 18 Jun 2014, Bret Busby wrote:


On 18/06/2014, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:

On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:28:45 +0800
Bret Busby bret.bu...@gmail.com wrote:


Now, if only the list defaulted to Reply To List, it would be good,
and, make replying to the list, easier...


As far as I know, it does. As far as I know, everyone who replies to my
stuff on this list goes to the list. As far as I know, every one of my
replies to this list goes to the list.

Perhaps you have coded a Reply to in your email client.



I have just checked the full headers, using both the MTA formerly
known as PINE, and, gmail (I have my gmail account, subscribed, and,
my normal email address, subscribed, and, I use alpine for incoming
email, for the latter, due to the power of PINE), and both show no
presence of a Reply-To value having been set.

In both instances, in composing a reply to your message, the replies
default to replying to you only; a user needs to use the Reply To All
option, and then (if the user is inclined, and, I generally do it, to
minimise wastage of bandwidth and duplication of messages for
recipients) deleting the email address of the poster of the message to
which the reply is being composed (and deleting any other circulated
email addresses shown in the message header), and, cutting (from the
CC field), and pasting, the list address, to the To address for thew
message.


i am familiar with that kind of hamster-work.  done it myself for more
than a decade.  kind of a pita.

have you looked at alpine's roles?  Main menu  Setup  Roles.

i have, just now, created one of these roles, for alpine to apply when
i reply to messages located in the mailfolder where i file messages
received from debian-user.  it fills in the To: header automatically
and correctly, to debian-user, among other things.

below are the relevant non-default settings i chose for the role.
first, here are the triggering conditions:

] == CURRENT FOLDER CONDITIONS BEGIN HERE ==

] Current Folder Type =
] SetChoose One
] ---  
] ( )  Any
] ( )  News
] ( )  Email
] (*)  Specific (Enter Incoming Nicknames or use ^T)
]  Folder List = /full/path/to/debian/user/mailfolder

] == CURRENT MESSAGE CONDITIONS BEGIN HERE ==

] To pattern= No Value Set
] [...]
] List-Id pattern   = debian-user.lists.debian.org
] Add Extra Headers
] [...]


to set a List-Id pattern, i had to add it using the Add Extra
Headers option.  (since the only messages i save in the specified
folder already fit the pattern, it is in fact redundant.)

the settings above make alpine consider applying the following
template to my own outgoing messages, when i'm in the designated
mailfolder and the currently viewed message was sent to the
debian-user listserv.

the settings below define the template applied to my outgoing
messages:

] == ACTIONS BEGIN HERE ==

] Initialize settings using role : No Value Set
] Set From= david...@ling.ohio-state.edu
] Set Reply-To= debian-user@lists.debian.org
] [...]
] Set Other Hdrs  = To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
] [...]

it's the last setting that does the work you've been looking for, if i
understand you correctly.

hope this helps.

-wes


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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-26 Thread davidson

On Thu, 26 Jun 2014, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote:


have you looked at alpine's roles?  Main menu  Setup  Roles.


Correction:  Main menu  Setup  *Rules*  Roles


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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-24 Thread Bret Busby
On 23/06/2014, Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote:
 Bret Busby wrote:
 Tom H wrote:
  Bret Busby wrote:
  Bob Proulx wrote:
  This is one of those religious wars that has been fought and won and
  lost many times across the Internet. Please don't start it up again
  here. If you do really want to do so please use the off-topic mailing
  list d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org since the issue has
  nothing to do with using Debian.
 
  Given what has already hapened within the thread, the above
  message to which I am responding, appears to be a troll.
 
  Requesting that you take a religious-type discussion (like a list's
  Reply To settings) to the OT list isn't trolling!

 If either you or he, had read what had aleardy passed in the thread,
 you and he would have seen that the matter had been dealt with,

 I had read through the thread.  For reference it starts here:

   https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/06/msg01192.html

 And it was that message to which I replied.  wes kindly pointed to a
 different thread of discussion which clarified things somewhat.
 However that was a different thread and I had skipped over reading it.

 resulting in my making a request for change, to the people maintaining
 PINE/ALPINE, to allow the option of replying to a list, using the
 List-Post field value in message headers, which solution had been
 included in the previous postings in the thread.

 Sorry but it was not clear to me in the thread that you were making an
 enhancement request for the alpine package.

 As a suggestion I doubt the alpine package maintainers are reading
 this mailing list.  I haven't seen the maintainer's address here, that
 I have noticed.  It it much better for enhancement requests if a
 wishlist bug is filed against the package in the BTS.  That will get
 the attention of the maintainer.  But unless someone actually steps
 forward and does the work it still probably won't get done.  But at
 least the effort will be documented in an easier to locate place.

 Most work for enhancing is better done directly with the upstream
 maintainers.  It is controversial how many patches should be
 maintained downstream in Debian.  Some think many.  Some think none.
 Many upstreams become upset if their software is modified.  Some
 welcome it.  Therefore I think it is best to try to work with the
 upstream project directly when possible to develop new features.

 I had not previously been aware of RFC2369, and so, the thread, with
 its responses before the trolls, had been constructive and
 educational, which, I believe is supposed to be the purpose of this
 mailing list.

 Gmail appears to not have provision for making Requests For Change,
 regarding the Gmail email facility, so I appear to not be able to make
 a Request For Change, to the Gmail people, which could solve the
 problem in using Gmail..

 Google is rather notorious for being hard to reach on such things.

 I had posted what I had posted, regarding the abillity to reply to the
 list, solution had been posted and demonstrated, and, the matter had
 (I believe) been closed, insofar as the thread on this list, had been
 concerned.

 The subsequent messages posted by
 b...@proulx.com
 tomh0...@gmail.com
 lazyvi...@gmx.com
 were inflammatory, and, posted for the purpose of being inflammatory,
 making them trolls.

 Two of those three certainly were not.  But somehow I think we are
 using different definitions for an internet troll.  A troll is almost
 always trying to increase noise in a newsgroup or mailing list by
 stirring up trouble.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

 The messages you are marking as trolling are trying to reduce noise on
 this mailing list.  Because discussions of reply-to have historically
 been very controversial topics.  We have been there many times.

 The thread had come to an end; it had the solution, and, the thread
 had died, and those people revived it, to create a zombie for evil
 purposes.

 Let me formally apologize if I misunderstood your message.  My mistake
 was reading your message and thinking you were asking for a
 controversial change to the mailing list.  If past history is a
 prediction that would have started a discussion hundreds of messages
 long.  If I had understood that you were asking for an enhancement
 request for a package I wouldn't have commented as I did.  Therefore
 let me say that I am sorry if I offended you.  I am also sorry if I
 extended a discussion that had concluded.  No evil was intended.

 Please be careful directly calling people trolls however.  We try to
 be a pleasant and welcoming place here on the mailing list.  But ad
 hominem attacks never go well for anyone.  My advice is to avoid using
 that perjorative directly against people.  It is too easy to take it
 personally since personally is how it is directed.  Therefore my best
 advice is to avoid it.  :-)

 Bob


With everything that has been posted in this thread, let us just end
the thread, 

Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Bret Busby wrote:
 Tom H wrote:
  Bret Busby wrote:
  Bob Proulx wrote:
  This is one of those religious wars that has been fought and won and
  lost many times across the Internet. Please don't start it up again
  here. If you do really want to do so please use the off-topic mailing
  list d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org since the issue has
  nothing to do with using Debian.
 
  Given what has already hapened within the thread, the above
  message to which I am responding, appears to be a troll.
 
  Requesting that you take a religious-type discussion (like a list's
  Reply To settings) to the OT list isn't trolling!
 
 If either you or he, had read what had aleardy passed in the thread,
 you and he would have seen that the matter had been dealt with,

I had read through the thread.  For reference it starts here:

  https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/06/msg01192.html

And it was that message to which I replied.  wes kindly pointed to a
different thread of discussion which clarified things somewhat.
However that was a different thread and I had skipped over reading it.

 resulting in my making a request for change, to the people maintaining
 PINE/ALPINE, to allow the option of replying to a list, using the
 List-Post field value in message headers, which solution had been
 included in the previous postings in the thread.

Sorry but it was not clear to me in the thread that you were making an
enhancement request for the alpine package.

As a suggestion I doubt the alpine package maintainers are reading
this mailing list.  I haven't seen the maintainer's address here, that
I have noticed.  It it much better for enhancement requests if a
wishlist bug is filed against the package in the BTS.  That will get
the attention of the maintainer.  But unless someone actually steps
forward and does the work it still probably won't get done.  But at
least the effort will be documented in an easier to locate place.

Most work for enhancing is better done directly with the upstream
maintainers.  It is controversial how many patches should be
maintained downstream in Debian.  Some think many.  Some think none.
Many upstreams become upset if their software is modified.  Some
welcome it.  Therefore I think it is best to try to work with the
upstream project directly when possible to develop new features.

 I had not previously been aware of RFC2369, and so, the thread, with
 its responses before the trolls, had been constructive and
 educational, which, I believe is supposed to be the purpose of this
 mailing list.
 
 Gmail appears to not have provision for making Requests For Change,
 regarding the Gmail email facility, so I appear to not be able to make
 a Request For Change, to the Gmail people, which could solve the
 problem in using Gmail..

Google is rather notorious for being hard to reach on such things.

 I had posted what I had posted, regarding the abillity to reply to the
 list, solution had been posted and demonstrated, and, the matter had
 (I believe) been closed, insofar as the thread on this list, had been
 concerned.
 
 The subsequent messages posted by
 b...@proulx.com
 tomh0...@gmail.com
 lazyvi...@gmx.com
 were inflammatory, and, posted for the purpose of being inflammatory,
 making them trolls.

Two of those three certainly were not.  But somehow I think we are
using different definitions for an internet troll.  A troll is almost
always trying to increase noise in a newsgroup or mailing list by
stirring up trouble.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)

The messages you are marking as trolling are trying to reduce noise on
this mailing list.  Because discussions of reply-to have historically
been very controversial topics.  We have been there many times.

 The thread had come to an end; it had the solution, and, the thread
 had died, and those people revived it, to create a zombie for evil
 purposes.

Let me formally apologize if I misunderstood your message.  My mistake
was reading your message and thinking you were asking for a
controversial change to the mailing list.  If past history is a
prediction that would have started a discussion hundreds of messages
long.  If I had understood that you were asking for an enhancement
request for a package I wouldn't have commented as I did.  Therefore
let me say that I am sorry if I offended you.  I am also sorry if I
extended a discussion that had concluded.  No evil was intended.

Please be careful directly calling people trolls however.  We try to
be a pleasant and welcoming place here on the mailing list.  But ad
hominem attacks never go well for anyone.  My advice is to avoid using
that perjorative directly against people.  It is too easy to take it
personally since personally is how it is directed.  Therefore my best
advice is to avoid it.  :-)

Bob


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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-22 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote:
 On Fri, 20 Jun 2014, Bob Proulx wrote:

 This is one of those religious wars that has been fought and won and
 lost many times across the Internet. Please don't start it up again
 here. If you do really want to do so please use the off-topic mailing
 list d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org since the issue has
 nothing to do with using Debian.

 Given what has already hapened within the thread, the above message to which
 I am responding, appears to be a troll.

Requesting that you take a religious-type discussion (like a list's
Reply To settings) to the OT list isn't trolling!


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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-22 Thread Bzzzz
On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 13:13:39 -0400
Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:

 Requesting that you take a religious-type discussion (like a list's
 Reply To settings) to the OT list isn't trolling!

Let's launch Troll-CD, a pure ubuntu distro on a USB key,
multiple points of failure, etc.

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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-22 Thread davidson

On Sun, 22 Jun 2014, Tom H wrote:


On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jun 2014, Bob Proulx wrote:


This is one of those religious wars that has been fought and won
and lost many times across the Internet. Please don't start it up
again here. If you do really want to do so please use the
off-topic mailing list
d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org since the issue has
nothing to do with using Debian.


Given what has already hapened within the thread, the above message
to which I am responding, appears to be a troll.


Requesting that you take a religious-type discussion (like a list's
Reply To settings) to the OT list isn't trolling!


see

 https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/06/msg01187.html

wherein on Wed, 18 Jun 2014, Bret Busby wrote:


Now, if only the list defaulted to Reply To List, it would be good,
and, make replying to the list, easier...

But, I believe that this particular issue has very strong feelings on
both sides of the debate.


and so, iiuc, OP (Bret) was not trying to initiate a discussion of how
things (listserv configs, etc) *should* be.  instead, it looks to me
that OP merely sought to clarify how things actually *are*.

-wes


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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-22 Thread Bret Busby
On 23/06/2014, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote:
 On Fri, 20 Jun 2014, Bob Proulx wrote:

 This is one of those religious wars that has been fought and won and
 lost many times across the Internet. Please don't start it up again
 here. If you do really want to do so please use the off-topic mailing
 list d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org since the issue has
 nothing to do with using Debian.

 Given what has already hapened within the thread, the above message to
 which
 I am responding, appears to be a troll.

 Requesting that you take a religious-type discussion (like a list's
 Reply To settings) to the OT list isn't trolling!


If either you or he, had read what had aleardy passed in the thread,
you and he would have seen that the matter had been dealt with,
resulting in my making a request for change, to the people maintaining
PINE/ALPINE, to allow the option of replying to a list, using the
List-Post field value in message headers, which solution had been
included in the previous postings in the thread. I had not previously
been aware of RFC2369, and so, the thread, with its responses before
the trolls, had been constructive and educational, which, I believe is
supposed to be the purpose of this mailing list.

Gmail appears to not have provision for making Requests For Change,
regarding the Gmail email facility, so I appear to not be able to make
a Request For Change, to the Gmail people, which could solve the
problem in using Gmail..

I had posted what I had posted, regarding the abillity to reply to the
list, solution had been posted and demonstrated, and, the matter had
(I believe) been closed, insofar as the thread on this list, had been
concerned.

The subsequent messages posted by
b...@proulx.com
tomh0...@gmail.com
lazyvi...@gmx.com
 were inflammatory, and, posted for the purpose of being inflammatory,
making them trolls.

The thread had come to an end; it had the solution, and, the thread
had died, and those people revived it, to create a zombie for evil
purposes.

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Armadale
West Australia
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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-20 Thread Bob Proulx
Bret Busby wrote:
 email, for the latter, due to the power of PINE), and both show no
 presence of a Reply-To value having been set.

This is one of those religious wars that has been fought and won and
lost many times across the Internet.  Please don't start it up again
here.  If you do really want to do so please use the off-topic mailing
list d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org since the issue has
nothing to do with using Debian.

Bob


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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-20 Thread Bret Busby

On Fri, 20 Jun 2014, Bob Proulx wrote:


Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:53:14
From: Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown
and restart do not work

Bret Busby wrote:

email, for the latter, due to the power of PINE), and both show no
presence of a Reply-To value having been set.


This is one of those religious wars that has been fought and won and
lost many times across the Internet.  Please don't start it up again
here.  If you do really want to do so please use the off-topic mailing
list d-community-offto...@lists.alioth.debian.org since the issue has
nothing to do with using Debian.

Bob



Given what has already hapened within the thread, the above message to 
which I am responding, appears to be a troll.


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 you'll know what the answer means.
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  A Trilogy In Four Parts,
  written by Douglas Adams,
  published by Pan Books, 1992



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Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-17 Thread Bret Busby
On 18/06/2014, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
 On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:28:45 +0800
 Bret Busby bret.bu...@gmail.com wrote:

 Now, if only the list defaulted to Reply To List, it would be good,
 and, make replying to the list, easier...

 As far as I know, it does. As far as I know, everyone who replies to my
 stuff on this list goes to the list. As far as I know, every one of my
 replies to this list goes to the list.

 Perhaps you have coded a Reply to in your email client.


I have just checked the full headers, using both the MTA formerly
known as PINE, and, gmail (I have my gmail account, subscribed, and,
my normal email address, subscribed, and, I use alpine for incoming
email, for the latter, due to the power of PINE), and both show no
presence of a Reply-To value having been set.

In both instances, in composing a reply to your message, the replies
default to replying to you only; a user needs to use the Reply To All
option, and then (if the user is inclined, and, I generally do it, to
minimise wastage of bandwidth and duplication of messages for
recipients) deleting the email address of the poster of the message to
which the reply is being composed (and deleting any other circulated
email addresses shown in the message header), and, cutting (from the
CC field), and pasting, the list address, to the To address for the
message.

Where a list (and, I am assuming that the mailing list software for
this list allows it - from the full header, the mailing list software
used for this list, is Claws mail) is configured to by default,
Reply-To the mailing list, it generally is shown in the full header of
a message that is distributed by the mailing list, or, so I believe.

Also, when a list does not default replies to the list, causing
subscribers to use the Reply To All option when replying to list
messages, it can be shown in the messages where repliers do not delete
from the To and CC email addresses of a message being composed, the
email addresses other than the list address, of previous posters in a
thread, leading to strings of addressees in the To and CC address
fields, with the list address being shown to be in the CC field, in
the headers.

Or, that is my experience.

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 you'll know what the answer means.
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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-17 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 18 Jun 2014, Bret Busby wrote:
 Where a list (and, I am assuming that the mailing list software for
 this list allows it - from the full header, the mailing list software
 used for this list, is Claws mail) is configured to by default,
 Reply-To the mailing list, it generally is shown in the full header of
 a message that is distributed by the mailing list, or, so I believe.

Reply-To is for users to set. Mailing lists often set it because many
MUAs do not take advantage of RFC2369 and ignore List-Post, which Debian
mailing lists set. MUAs like mutt and gnus are capable of
differentiating between replying to the poster, and replying to the
list. As such, Debian does not alter the reply-to: header for its
official mailing lists.

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Re: Reply To settings - was - Re: Debian 7.5 amd64 xfce GUI shutdown and restart do not work

2014-06-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 17 June 2014 18:52:08 Bret Busby wrote:
 On 18/06/2014, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
  On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:28:45 +0800
 
  Bret Busby bret.bu...@gmail.com wrote:
  Now, if only the list defaulted to Reply To List, it would be good,
  and, make replying to the list, easier...
 
  As far as I know, it does. As far as I know, everyone who replies to my
  stuff on this list goes to the list. As far as I know, every one of my
  replies to this list goes to the list.
 
  Perhaps you have coded a Reply to in your email client.

 I have just checked the full headers, using both the MTA formerly
 known as PINE, and, gmail (I have my gmail account, subscribed, and,
 my normal email address, subscribed, and, I use alpine for incoming
 email, for the latter, due to the power of PINE), and both show no
 presence of a Reply-To value having been set.

 In both instances, in composing a reply to your message, the replies
 default to replying to you only;

When I just clicked on reply to to a posting of Steve's  the address entered 
in teh correct field in teh reply was teh lists.  Some people set reply to 
in their own headings with their own addrees which seems ot override the 
mailing list's setting.

But I have my mailing list folders set to reply to list, which probably makes 
a difference.  KMail 1.9.10 on Trinity 3.5.13.2.

 a user needs to use the Reply To All 
 option, 

I don't.  Ever.  Normally it goes to the list if I just click on reply.  I do 
make mistakes and forget to do so, but I can just press L instead of 
clicking reply and it always goes to the list.

Lisi

 and then (if the user is inclined, and, I generally do it, to 
 minimise wastage of bandwidth and duplication of messages for
 recipients) deleting the email address of the poster of the message to
 which the reply is being composed (and deleting any other circulated
 email addresses shown in the message header), and, cutting (from the
 CC field), and pasting, the list address, to the To address for the
 message.

 Where a list (and, I am assuming that the mailing list software for
 this list allows it - from the full header, the mailing list software
 used for this list, is Claws mail) is configured to by default,
 Reply-To the mailing list, it generally is shown in the full header of
 a message that is distributed by the mailing list, or, so I believe.

 Also, when a list does not default replies to the list, causing
 subscribers to use the Reply To All option when replying to list
 messages, it can be shown in the messages where repliers do not delete
 from the To and CC email addresses of a message being composed, the
 email addresses other than the list address, of previous posters in a
 thread, leading to strings of addressees in the To and CC address
 fields, with the list address being shown to be in the CC field, in
 the headers.

 Or, that is my experience.


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