Incoming from Josh Robinson: > > Hey, you're right. > > "Reply all" puts the list as CC, individual as "To" --- however, the > > `simple' "Reply" puts *only* the list as recipient. This mail, for > > instance, was sent with "Reply", and at least I believe it's sent only > > to the list, and not you as an individual (as well). > > that's because on this list, the reply-to headers are set to reply to > the list. clicking 'reply' therefore does just that. that behaviour is > the same in almost all mail clients. > > the problem with this sort of list, though, is that replying backchannel > becomes rather difficult, unless one's mail-client has the option to > overide the reply-to header and send to the 'from' address. such a > command exists in pine (where one is asked each time whether one wants > to use the reply-to rather than the from address) or mulberry, where > there is an option to 'reply to from', with the same effect.
I don't believe any of this is true. I can see no Reply-to: header in what I get from the list. Running mutt, "r" replies to sender. "L" does a list reply. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
