[SLUG] Replying to the list
Hi All, Just a point of clarification. I appear to be sending replies off the mark (ie, not to the list). I'm using Ximian as my mail client. To post to the list do I hit reply? Or will this use the private email. As Jeff Waugh pointed out, my RE:'s keep changing, that's because I usually type a a new e-mail to respond, fearing that hitting reply sends the email to the private address. This is only mailing list I use, everyone else I speak to is through forums, which are obviously different. Regards Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Replying to the list
On 04 Apr 2003 11:33:41 +1000 Mick Boda wrote: I'm using Ximian as my mail client. To post to the list do I hit reply? Or will this use the private email. If you hit the reply button on the toolbar, that will reply privately. Check the Actions menu, and it should have a Reply to List entry, that will set the To: address to the mailing list. Have a play (without hitting send ;-), and see what the different reply buttons do, basically. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Replying to the list
Right mouse on the email in the top email listing and choose 'reply to list' HTH Stu On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 11:33, Mick Boda wrote: Hi All, Just a point of clarification. I appear to be sending replies off the mark (ie, not to the list). I'm using Ximian as my mail client. To post to the list do I hit reply? Or will this use the private email. As Jeff Waugh pointed out, my RE:'s keep changing, that's because I usually type a a new e-mail to respond, fearing that hitting reply sends the email to the private address. This is only mailing list I use, everyone else I speak to is through forums, which are obviously different. Regards Mick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Replying to the list
From: Mick Boda I'm using Ximian as my mail client. To post to the list do I hit reply? Or will this use the private email. As Jeff Waugh pointed out, my RE:'s keep changing, that's because I usually type a a new e-mail to respond, fearing that hitting reply sends the email to the private address. you want your replies to go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for me, using Outlook, I must hit Reply to All to get the slug address included, otherwise, like you, if I hit Reply it only goes to the private address of the sender, which, in my opinion, is broken, meaning that Reply *should* default to the slug address. As others have just indicated, looks like Ximian has a Reply to List button. Regards, Bernie. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Replying to the list
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003, Mick Boda wrote: Just a point of clarification. I appear to be sending replies off the mark (ie, not to the list). I'm using Ximian as my mail client. To post to the list do I hit reply? Or will this use the private email. As Jeff Waugh pointed out, my RE:'s keep changing, that's because I usually type a a new e-mail to respond, fearing that hitting reply sends the email to the private address. Reply will reply only to the sender, that is, privately. Reply to all or Group Reply will send mail to the sender, and anyone they sent the mail to (in this case, normally the sender and the list). Evolution also has a reply to list function, which it *seems* you can access by right clicking on a message. Many people like you to just reply to the list, rather than reply-to-all, because reply-to-all which will send the original sender two copies - your one and the one that went to the list. See Replying to Email Messages in http://www.ximian.com/support/manuals/evolution_10/usage-mail-getnsend-send.html Failing all else, you can press Reply and change To: field to read [EMAIL PROTECTED], rather than what was there already, but reply-to-list should do this. -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Replying to the list
included, otherwise, like you, if I hit Reply it only goes to the private address of the sender, which, in my opinion, is broken, meaning that Reply *should* default to the slug address. This is something that comes up on every list all the time, neither way is truly broken, its like KDE vs GNOME or vi vs emacs, so you should say really, in my opinion, is not an ideal configuration. Another list I'm on has the same policy and the listmaster always backs it up with the simple line, better to send a mail to one person in error than 1000 Dave. As others have just indicated, looks like Ximian has a Reply to List button. Regards, Bernie. -- David Airlie, Software Engineer http://www.skynet.ie/~airlied / [EMAIL PROTECTED] pam_smb / Linux DecStation / Linux VAX / ILUG person -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Replying to the list
Everyone who has seen the Reply-To argument before should either skip this mail, or read my very last paragraph, as it describes new Mailman functionality that *may* obselete this argument. Replies to slug-chat (I set the header myself!) On Fri, Apr 04, 2003, Dave Airlie wrote: included, otherwise, like you, if I hit Reply it only goes to the private address of the sender, which, in my opinion, is broken, meaning that Reply *should* default to the slug address. This is something that comes up on every list all the time, neither way is truly broken, its like KDE vs GNOME or vi vs emacs, so you should say really, in my opinion, is not an ideal configuration. The arguments against and for setting replies to go to the list are here: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml You'll find that the vast majority of Linux and Free Software mailing lists do *not* set Reply-To the list - that is, the vast majority are like the SLUG lists. This herd effect is part of the reason I don't like to have the Reply-To set to point to the list - people will have to deal with the group-reply or list-reply solution at some point. Important note: SLUG now uses Mailman 2.1. If you go to http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug and go to the box where you can edit our subscription options, you'll see a Avoid duplicate copies of messages?. People who really hate receiving two copies when someone replies to them might find this useful. (Yes, procmail users, if you filter on something other than TO_ this still means the mails will go to the wrong place - I do this too, hence I don't use the Avoid duplicate copies of messages? feature, but it's still worth pointing out.) -Mary -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
