Chen wrote:
Hi,
I attempted to reply a post in this mailing list, but found my post
went to the other user's email box instead of the mailing list. I am
using gmail's web interface and the mailing list doesn't automatically
appear in the 'To:' field when I click Reply.
You need to click "Reply to All"
Do you have this problem too? Or it is just a problem of my gmail
configuration? Any suggestions are welcome.
There are two broad schools of thought on Mailing List reply semantics -
that is whether the list should set the "Reply-to" header or not.
The historical list netiquette (the policy used on slugnet) is to not
set the Reply-To header. Posters should click "Reply to All" to keep
other posters on the thread in the discussion as they may not be
subscribers - or they have procmail or sieve rules to handle mail To'd
or Cc'd to them differently (I have threads that I'm in the To or Cc
filed into a different folder than general list mail). Lists with this
reply policy include the linux-kernel mailing list.
The alternative netiquette is for the list to set the Reply-To header so
that replies always go to the list. This is supposed to make sure that
discussion is kept on list (and makes sure posts from newbies make it to
the list). I personally find this policy quite annoying as whether you
click "Reply" or "Reply-to-All", you can't get it to reply to the
original poster - so you need to copy and paste their email address.
This policy is used by lists that have a lot of subscribers who are not
aware of the historical practices of Internet mailing lists and are
unaware of the rational behind doing it the right way™ (mentioned above).
:)
~mc
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