On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 02:05 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Barry Warsaw writes: > > > It's actually easy too. An MUA need only recognize List-Post and add > > a Reply to List button which would strip all the recipients and put > > the List-Post value in the To header. Problem solved. > > Wrong problem. The users Michael is representing want a one-button MUA.
Not at all. I am _not_ only advocating a single position here. I'm advocating that there is, can be, should be, and must be a universally applicable solution found here. That said, I think the MUA is simply the wrong place for it; current models aim to control the user in one way or another, or lack flexibility in exchange for convenience or vice versa. It doesn't have to be that way; it's not 1970, folks. Perhaps what is really required to make _everyone_ happy is a system that is _designed_ to make everyone happy. Let's face it: Most software in the realm of mailing lists is aimed for at least a marginally technical audience. Why not aim more broadly and create something that _can_ make everyone happy, without saying "your MUA is broken," and for that matter is 100% functional in a manner that is 100% MUA-agnostic. Only a user can judge if his/her MUA is broken; you cannot do it for me, and I cannot do it for you. If you want to use "mail" at the command line, I'd say that's a poor choice of MUA, but you know what? I'm not you, and so why should I care? It is not my place to impose upon you requirements for proper MUA, Newsreader, Web browser, or any other technology's behavior. Here is an idea that is a _starting point_, that maybe would be useful to pursue. I doubt anyone here would be interested, but I plan to pursue it anyway: http://mike.trausch.us/blog/2009/10/14/on-mailing-list-management-software-part-1/ Short link: http://is.gd/4jzy9 --- Mike -- Blog: http://mike.trausch.us/blog/ Misc. Software: http://mike.trausch.us/software/ “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” —Michelangelo _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
