On (13/02/13 11:15), Mark H. Wood <mw...@iupui.edu> put forth the proposition:
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 09:17:43PM -0500, Brandon McCaig wrote:
Some mailing lists don't require a subscription so you should use
'g' to reply to those lists so even unsubscribed participants get
the messages. Other lists insist that you /don't/ reply to
everyone and only reply to the list so for those you should use
'L'. Which one is appropriate will depend on the list rules. It
can be hard to keep it straight if you mostly lurk...

Not for the first time, I find myself wishing for a Geek Code -like
header to encode all the many mailing-list rules and preferences, so
that UAs could give us more help in conforming to local standards.

 h+    HTML mail is required
 h     HTML mail is encouraged
 h-     HTML mail is discouraged
 h!     HTML mail is punishable by death

Well I certainly approve of the the last one ;-)

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