On May 12, 2015, at 2:43 PM, Maury Markowitz <maury.markow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well my mailer does that, and it’s precisely the wrong behaviour IMHO. > Maintaining readable threads requires posts to go back to the group, and if > they’re doing that, what’s the purpose of sending it directly to the poster > who’s going to get a copy anyway?
1. Sometimes you actually want to reply privately. Munging the Reply-To header makes this more difficult. 2. Redundancy. Sometimes the mail server is down or slow. Getting two messages is thus an advantage if you’re waiting for a response, as you’re not waiting on any delays in the listserv software. 3. Filtering and convention: it’s common practice that if you’re in the “To” header, the message is directed at you specifically, and thus a response may be warranted from you specifically, while if you’re in the “Cc” header, you don’t necessarily need to reply (it’s informative). - Jon _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
