RE: [PHP] Add Reply-To to this list(s) [SOLVED, for me, anyway]
Dave T-G said: Perhaps you've simply missed the point. By not mandating a certain R-T header the list software does not force reply-to-author but instead simply allows whatever reply you want. And Jason Wong said: Simply put, there are mail clients available which are mailing-list aware. To reply to the list you hit the reply-to-list button , to reply to the sender you hit the reply button, to reply to everybody and their dogs hit the reply-to-all button. I was wrong, wrong, so very wrong. I see the light now, and I am completely changing my stance on this. 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. I can see some logic in having a third button that says reply to list, and that would be a better solution than changing the behaviour of the list itself. What I failed to see before was how the way this list set up allowed for configurability. I had the mistaken idea that the list behaviour leveraged a certain amount of control over the email client behaviour. Also, it was hard for me to grasp it, because in my case 99% of the time I would want to respond to a message I got via a mailing list by sending it back to the list, to get the maximum benefit of many people involved in the problem solving process. But that just allowed me to slip into a personal bias. 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. 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. 2. Reply to all, to send to everyone and their dog, because canine input is very important. 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. 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? -- Cheers! Dave G [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Add Reply-To to this list(s) [SOLVED, for me, anyway]
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! pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [PHP] Add Reply-To to this list(s) [SOLVED, for me, anyway]
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. If you're in a *nix environment, add KMail. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Add Reply-To to this list(s) [SOLVED, for me, anyway]
I'm on XP. I would change over to Linux in a heartbeat if Adobe products were available on that OS, but alas, they are not, and the GIMP is, by their own description, not a Photoshop killer. I'm considering the Opera M2 mailer, but it looks kind of immature. -- Cheers! Dave G [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
