On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:42 AM, ries van Twisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Oct 23, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Collin Kidder wrote: > > Bruce Momjian wrote: >> >>> >>>> Mikkel is right, every other well-organized mailing list I've ever been >>>> on handles things the sensible way he suggests, but everybody on his side >>>> who's been on lists here for a while already knows this issue is a dead >>>> horse. Since I use the most advanced e-mail client on the market I just >>>> work around that the settings here are weird, it does annoy me a bit >>>> anytime >>>> I stop to think about it though. >>>> >>>> >>> I think this is the crux of the problem --- if I subscribed to multiple >>> email lists, and some have "rely" going to the list and some have >>> "reply" going to the author, I would have to think about the right reply >>> option every time I send email. >>> >>> Fortunately, every email list I subscribe to and manage behaves like the >>> Postgres lists. >>> >>> >>> >> I find it difficult to believe that every list you subscribe to behaves as >> the Postgres list does. Not that I'm doubting you, just that it's difficult >> given that the PG list is the ONLY list I've ever been on to use Reply as >> just replying to the author. Every other list I've ever seen has reply as >> the list address and requires Reply All to reply to the original poster. >> Thus, I would fall into the category of people who have to think hard in >> order to do the correct thing when posting to this list. >> > > I have the same experience, only PG list seems to behave different. > > In my humble opinion I feel that I am subscribed to the list (It also says > on the bottom Sent via pgsql-general mailing list ( > pgsql-general@postgresql.org)), so a reply (not reply all --- remove > original author) should go back to the list where I am subscribed at, in in > my opinion the source is the list aswell (that's why I am getting it in the > first place). > I know of at least one other list that is similar: MySQL. And I brought it up a year ago with no eventual change: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/209593 After a while you just get used to hitting reply all when you mean to reply all. I now prefer (though not strongly) this setting. -- Rob Wultsch
