Dave T-G said: > Perhaps you've simply missed the point. By not mandating a certain R-T > header the list software does not force "reply-to-author" but instead > simply allows whatever reply you want.
And Jason Wong said: > Simply put, there are mail clients available which are mailing-list aware. To > reply to the list you hit the "reply-to-list" button , to reply to the sender > you hit the "reply" button, to reply to everybody and their dogs hit the > "reply-to-all" button. I was wrong, wrong, so very wrong. I see the light now, and I am completely changing my stance on this. I now understand that what I want is mailing software which is "mailing list aware" so that I can set up the default behaviour of my "reply" button to go to the list and not to the user, because that is my user preference. I can see some logic in having a third button that says "reply to list", and that would be a better solution than changing the behaviour of the list itself. What I failed to see before was how the way this list set up allowed for configurability. I had the mistaken idea that the list behaviour leveraged a certain amount of control over the email client behaviour. Also, it was hard for me to grasp it, because in my case 99% of the time I would want to respond to a message I got via a mailing list by sending it back to the list, to get the maximum benefit of many people involved in the problem solving process. But that just allowed me to slip into a personal bias. I was wrong, and I'm big enough to say it. Wrong, wrong, wrong. In fact, I'm going to revel in it. I have learned, changed, grown. This is good. So, now, what I personally want, in order to take advantage of this "non munging" approach to mailing lists, is three buttons: 1. "Reply", and the default behaviour, in the case of mailing lists, is to send to the list. 2. "Reply to all", to send to everyone and their dog, because canine input is very important. 3. "Reply to email author only" for, again in the case of mailing lists, the odd exceptional time when I want to reply not to the list, but just to the guy/gal who posted the message. So, if anyone has recommendations for email software which allows me to set up these buttons in this way, please let me know. You've convinced me that this mailing list system offers the most control, so which software allows me to best take advantage of it? -- Cheers! Dave G [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
