Mikko Hänninen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Not for list-reply? I thought Mail-Followup-To was for list emails.
Mail-Followup-To *is* for list emails, but perhaps not in the way you
think.
There is often an annoyance factor to being on a mailing list. If you
make a post to the list, some people might reply directly to you; others
might reply only to the list. And it seems that most will reply to both
you AND the list.
Now, since you're already on the list, the extra carbon-copy is not
needed. But, what if you were *not* subscribed to the list? Those who
respond only to the list may miss your message entirely. How can you
know if the author of the message is a member of the list, unless she
remembers to tell you?
Well, Mail-Followup-To is an attempt to fix that. When you send mail to
a list to which you are subscribed, Mutt knows this because you have
told it so, using the "lists" directive. So, it will insert a
Mail-Followup-To header, so that other list members can know that there
is no need to CC the message to you; you will see it on the list.
Basically what it comes down to is that, in Mutt (and hopefully any
other MUA that understands Mail-Followup-To): If you (R)eply to a
message, it goes to the original sender. If you (L)ist-Reply, it goes
to the list. But if you (G)roup-Reply, the message will be sent to all
the recipients and sender (except you), but only if there is no
Mail-Followup-To header. If there is such a header, the group-reply
goes to wherever the Mail-Followup-To points.
Since I've discovered this behavior, I find myself rarely using
list-reply, because a lot of the lists to which I'm subscribed get posts
from non-list-members. My attempted helpful messages were not getting
seen by the senders, and I had no idea. Now I use group-reply, and so
users who are concerned about double-replies can insert the header, and
I can be assured that my message will reach the intended people.
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