Roel Schroeven wrote: > Mike Meyer wrote: > >>Peter Decker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>>Setting the default Reply-To: to the list means that 'Reply' sends >>>just to the list (the desired behavior most of the time), and 'Reply >>>to all' sends 2 copies. >> >> >>No, it sends one copy to the list, and one copy to the original >>author. This is the behavior you want. The author may not be >>subscribed to the list. Such people are most in need of help, and you >>want the default to be that they get help. > > > Is that really the desired behaviour? IMO the least you can do if you're > searching for help is subscribing to the mailing list on which you're > looking for help. Me and many others don't like to receive replies > directly instead of via the mailing list; it's of no use, since we're > subscribed to the mailing list anyway. > > Just reply to the mailing list, and subscribe to it if you want to > receive replies. Avoids duplicates without all kinds mail filters. Only > disadvantage is that by subscribing to the mailing list, you receive all > posts to the list, not just the replies to your own post. But that's not > a big disadvantage. On the contrary; one can easily learn something from > them. > ... if one has time to do anything but curse and delete them !
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