On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 02:38:25PM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 02:50, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > This isn't standard, nor is it a good idea. (Yahoo Groups is the only > > place I know of that still uses it). > > > > mailman and ezmlm both do this. i'm not sure if it is the default, or > it is just the case on the mailing lists that i'm subscribed to.
It's just the case on the groups you subscribe to. > > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html > > > > i hadn't read that, and it brings up a number of points I hadn't > considered, but the majority of them are along the lines of "elm has a > reply-to-list function, so this isn't a problem". however, it is a > problem in many (popular) mailers which don't have a reply-to-list > function. Then many popular mailers are broken and should be fixed. Sadly, many popular mailers are not open source and thus this step is much more difficilt than it should be. > > Instead of breaking the list, you should either switch to a mailer > > that supports replying to mailing lists, or bitch at your current > > vendor to fix it. Mailing lists have been around for, what, 30+ years > > now? Missing a reply-to-list function should definately be considered > > a bug by now. Treat it as such. > > my mailer has a reply-to-list function, so i don't need to complain to > my vendor. someone should complain to mozilla, netscape and microsoft > though, since their mail software doesn't support this function. See above. > > > mutt does this, netscape/mozilla does this and evolution does this. > > > > Mutt does not do this. > > mutt apparently has a reply-to-list function that i was unaware of. (g, > instead of r) Check out 'L' > > > if you are going to be complaining to anyone, you should complain to > > > whomever runs lists.debian.org, not to the people who accidentially (or > > > unknowingly) send a "reply to all" whenever they post to this list. > > > > No. The list is behaving properly. Deal. > > i'm fine with that, but i don't see a point in berating people whose > mailers make it difficult to reply to the list. All debian lists have a "code of conduct" which among other things discourages Cc:s unless they are explicitly requested. I'd be a lot happier if more mailing lists made this request. It's too bad subscribers aren't forced to acknowledge that they have read and agree to abide by the code. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
