Stephen Frost wrote:
Andrew,
* Andrew Dunstan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
For example, because it put *my* address in the list for your message
above, it caused my MUA quite correctly to add a To: line to myself,
which I certainly didn't want to do.
Honestly, I suspect thunderbird just doesn't know your addresses if
it's adding your address back in. Adding your address isn't for you-
it's for other people. The, completely reasonable, assumption is that
if your address was included in a To or Cc that you're not on the list
and stripping that out would mean you'd be left out.
And it's completely unnecessary. For example, I have set my majordomo
preferences for the postgresql.org lists not to send me copies of emails
where I am also in the To: or Cc: lines. After doing that I get no
duplicates.
This doesn't help at all, actually. As I pointed out previously, I
*want* the mail through the list, what I *don't* want is people sending
list mail directly to me.
And I don't casue anyone else to have to edit the addresses when they
reply to my mail.
Are you sure thunderbird recognizes the email address you use for
posting as a local identity/account? Mutt has a specific 'alternates'
configuration to let it know what addresses are local.
If you want to ensure that you reply to a list, use an MUA that has a
reply-to-list command - I see you use mutt, which has such a command
IIRC.
Indeed, and it's exactly what I use when replying to list mail. The
issue isn't making sure that *I* reply to a list, it's asking other
people to reply through the list rather than to me.
a. I don't use Thunderbird.
b. Of couse the MUA knows what my address is.
c. Yours are pretty much the *only* settings of all the users of this
list that cause me issues. Judging by your own words I am not alone in
being thus inconvenienced (otherwise, why would "an amazing number" of
people ask you about it?). If you don't care about that then there's
nothing much I can do. Alvaro used to have a similar setup. When I
complained he very kindly fixed it.
d. Your "completely reasonable" assumption above is, of course, bogus.
Most people when replying to a list reply to all adresses. Assuming that
the non-list addresses are for people not on the list is nonsense.
cheers
andrew
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