+1 for reply-to header, since it seems to be the standard these days. Having Cython-dev be different than the vast majority of lists would be confusing.
Best, Martin Robert Bradshaw wrote: > On Apr 18, 2008, at 2:25 AM, Stefan Behnel wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Robert Bradshaw wrote: >>>>> BTW, any specific reason you took these discussions off-list (as >>>>> I think they would be general interest?) >>>> Ups! just because I simply pick 'reply' in Gmail, and you continued >>>> the thread writting to me and CC'ing to the list. In other mailing >>>> lists configuration, the 'reply-to' is by default set to the list. >>>> BTW, why cython-devel list does not specify a 'reply-to' by default >>>> being the list itself? >>> This has annoyed me too, but it just now hit me that I could probably >>> go in and change it. Done. >> I actually find the changed behaviour annoying. I'm quite capable >> of deciding >> who I want to reply to. A "reply all" is the intuitively obvious >> thing to do >> when replying to all members of the mailing list. Currently, there >> is no >> difference between "reply"ing to the author of an e-mail and >> replying to the list. >> >> Normally, when I hit "reply all", my e-mail client (Thunderbird) >> will reply to >> the author directly and to the list in CC. Mailman handles that >> just fine, and >> it just feels right. When I hit "reply", I find it quite obvious >> that I want >> to reply to the author. So, when I want to take a discussion off- >> line, I have >> to hit "reply" (or "reply-all"), delete the addressee copied from the >> "reply-to" header and then copy the e-mail address of the author >> over to the >> e-mail. Now, that's annoying. >> >> It was definitely not the Cython list that was broken here. Any >> chance we >> could change that back? > > > I like using the reply-to header because I want to avoid accidentally > taking discussions offline (and even if I'm really careful I can't > change the behavior of others). It is only in the (uncommon) cases of > taking it offline that I want to stop and think about who is in the > recipient list. > > Something like this is clearly a matter of opinion. I think we should > have a poll among those who actually use the list. My vote is +1 to > using the reply-to header. Yours is obviously -1. I'm willing to > concede on a tie but lets see if anyone else has an opinion. > > - Robert > > _______________________________________________ > Cython-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
