On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 01:04:49AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 19:13, Tom Cook wrote: > > > While we're at it, how about setting the 'Reply-To' header to > > debian-user@lists.debian.org, so I can hit 'reply' to send to the list, > > and don't have to 'reply-all' and delete the sender from the list? > > As inconvenient as it may seem, the headers are set up this way for a > reason. If a person posts to the list without first subscribing to the > list, this ensures that the response will actually get to them. And it's > pretty widely accepted that if someone replies to one of your posts, you > will get duplicates in your mailbox. (The reply, and the copy of the > reply on the list.)
I dunno, most people hate getting duplicates. I ditched sylpheed after a couple of months largely because it doesn't have a list reply feature like mutt. I only CC people if they request it, otherwise I treat mailing lists like usenet (read here, post here). -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
