On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 02:50, Paul Johnson wrote: > This isn't standard, nor is it a good idea. (Yahoo Groups is the only > place I know of that still uses it). >
mailman and ezmlm both do this. i'm not sure if it is the default, or it is just the case on the mailing lists that i'm subscribed to. > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html > i hadn't read that, and it brings up a number of points I hadn't considered, but the majority of them are along the lines of "elm has a reply-to-list function, so this isn't a problem". however, it is a problem in many (popular) mailers which don't have a reply-to-list function. > Instead of breaking the list, you should either switch to a mailer > that supports replying to mailing lists, or bitch at your current > vendor to fix it. Mailing lists have been around for, what, 30+ years > now? Missing a reply-to-list function should definately be considered > a bug by now. Treat it as such. my mailer has a reply-to-list function, so i don't need to complain to my vendor. someone should complain to mozilla, netscape and microsoft though, since their mail software doesn't support this function. > > > mutt does this, netscape/mozilla does this and evolution does this. > > Mutt does not do this. mutt apparently has a reply-to-list function that i was unaware of. (g, instead of r) > > if you are going to be complaining to anyone, you should complain to > > whomever runs lists.debian.org, not to the people who accidentially (or > > unknowingly) send a "reply to all" whenever they post to this list. > > No. The list is behaving properly. Deal. i'm fine with that, but i don't see a point in berating people whose mailers make it difficult to reply to the list. i'm sorry if i've upset some people with my suggestions, i was unaware that this had previously been discussed. -Fred -- Fred Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dividedsky.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]