On 9/16/24 00:32, Tom Lane wrote: > sia kc <siavosh.kasr...@gmail.com> writes: >> About reply to all button, I think only sending to mailing list address >> should suffice. Why including previous recipients too? > > It's a longstanding habit around here for a couple of reasons: > > * The mail list servers are occasionally slow. (Our infrastructure > is way better than it once was, but that still happens sometimes.) > If you directly cc: somebody, they can reply to that copy right away > whether or not they get a copy from the list right away. > > * pgsql-hackers is a fire hose. cc'ing people who have shown interest > in the thread is useful because they will get those copies separately > from the list traffic, and so they can follow the thread without > having to dig through all the traffic. >
True, but it's also up to the client - the messages sent through the mailing list have the appropriate headers (List-Id etc.) and it's up to the client to show the "reply to list" button. Thunderbird does, for example. I thought gmail would too, but perhaps it doesn't. regards -- Tomas Vondra
