* Derek Martin <inva...@pizzashack.org> [02-27-13 15:45]: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 03:13:43PM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: [...] > > While you disagree with my "general" and "incomplete" statement, I do > > agree with you that there are times when a private reply is prudent > > Fair enough, but I'll just say that I make the distinction because > there exist such people that believe that policy should be enforced, > and specifically FORCED, by adding a reply-to header that points back > to mailing lists (as you well know). I don't normally like to make > unequivocal statements about things that are opinions, but this is a > case where these people are just plain WRONG. The reason doing this > is wrong is because: > > 1. It creates a policy whereby it is assumed that all users are not > smart enough to figure out for themselves what kind of reply is > desired/optimal (though sadly, in some cases that turns out to be > true). > > 2. Doing so makes it next to impossible to reply privately when you > know you actually want that. > > Most clients automanaiacally follow Reply-To if it is present, in > which case the author of such a response will have to manually edit > the recipient list, which on some clients may involve aborting the > reply to get back to the messge view to find what the sender's address > actually is. > > If you've ever had to do this, you know it's tedious and annoying. > Mutt is the only client I know of that gives you a choice in the > matter, via the $reply-to variable. Though, it's been a long while > since I used Pine, that may have a similar option that I've forgotten.
Then there is *little* we disagree with in this scope. I am *against* "Reply-To:" mudging by list software and believe it should *only* be employed by a poster wishing replies to his posts to be rec'd by a different account such as posting from work and wanting receipt at home. And is mostly a crutch for unknowning/unable individuals to control their email environment and probably do not even know about "Reply-To:". My current mailing system exists on a remote machine which I ssh into for mail access and other functions. I maintain tmux sessions containing email, photo galeries, remote access to other machines, etc., which I can access via ssh from nearly any machine which has a usb port. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net
