On 2010-07-02, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote: >> Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> writes: >> > Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrecht<nicolas.s-...@laposte.net> wrote: >> >>> I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing >> >>> the 'Reply-To' header to the mailing list address. Most mailing >> >>> lists I use don't do that. >> >>> >> >>> It is usually better and prefer the "answer to all" policy as it >> >>> permit to be notified of an answer without having to track the whole >> >>> mailing list.
> Or, he could use a mailer that understands mailing lists, like kmail. There > are others. > > Filter list mail into a folder, and tell the mailer it is for a list. > > Decide how you want to reply and press (the composer deals with it correctly): > > l - reply to list > a - reply to all > R - reply to original sender > r - reply to whatever seems to be default reply address. > > So instead of blindly clicking reply and getting all upset about the > outcome, just press one key and the mailer obeys YOUR intent. His intent is to receive direct replies to his posts. I don't see how his choice of mail client has any impact on that. > Problem solved. Not really. The OP's choice of mail client isn't going to change what happens when people reply to his postings. He wants "reply-to" to contain his address as well as the list address so that he gets a direct response and doesn't have to bother to check the mailing list for replies. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Hey, wait at a minute!! I want a gmail.com divorce!! ... you're not Clint Eastwood!!