Hi, Thank you for the detailed clarification. Yes, 'reply to all' works. :-)
So it is an FAQ that I'm unaware of. Sorry to everybody for my ignorance. Best Regards, Puqing On Feb 18, 2008 11:37 AM, Michael Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Best Regards, Puqing Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
