2009/10/7 John Meissen <[email protected]>: > > > [email protected] said: >> The list doesn't control where replies go; the person sending the reply does. >> And in any case, "correct" depends on the nature of the reply; it's >> completely >> up to the sender to make sure that the message destination is as intended. >> It >> is only a sign of negligence to abdicate that to some piece of software. > > The list can't control the sender's actions, but it can set the default. WRT > "correct", I expect replies to go back to where the message came from. If > I'm replying to an exchange in a mailing list I expect the reply to go > to the list. If I'm replying to a private correspondence I expect the > reply to go to the individual I'm corresponding with. These aren't > difficult concepts. > > If you want something done a certain way you should make it easier, not > more difficult. The way the list is configured now you have to remember to > edit the recipient addresses every time you reply to a list email. That > will almost guarantee that occasional replies will go out as private > emails and not to the list.
Then the right way would not be to set Reply-To headers in the list, but to provide a List-Post header. Using that allows email clients to offer the option "reply to list" without removing the options to reply to the sender or to reply to all recipients. /Viktor
