+1 Sometimes I have to manually add people's name in address box in order to remind them of my reply
> -----Original Message----- > From: Sheng Yang [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 3:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: No way to reply to all? > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Brett Porter <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 08/05/2012, at 4:24 AM, Sheng Yang wrote: > > > >> I realized that even in our mailing list, all the mail go through one > >> domain(incubator.apache.org), and you're unable to "replay to all". I > >> think this would very likely result in lost tracking of a certain > >> thread - for a big mailing list, you cannot go through all the mails > >> all day, so depends on the mail delivery to your email address is > >> important(at least to me). > >> > >> Can we fix that? > > > > It's a trade off - this happens when reply-to is set to the list, but if it > > is not > set it is common to forget to include the list on replies. > > > > I think that if you CC yourself on the original message, and others > > reply-to- > all, you'll continue to be copied on messages. > > Bring this issue back. > > I think reply-to-all works perfectly in lkml and KVM and Xen community. > People won't lose track of the mail, and reply-to-all should be a rule, and it > just take a little time to familiar with(most people won't made mistake after > first time). Some people in the community already complained about lacking > of tracking of the subject. > And also it is more friendly to the people who didn't subscribe to the mailing > list. > > I think adding CC to yourself is a little awkward compared to the reply-to-all > way. At least I think reply-to-all is used much more frequently in the daily > life. > > --Sheng > > > > - Brett > > > > -- > > Brett Porter > > [email protected] > > http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ > > http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter > > http://twitter.com/brettporter > > > > > > > > > >
