Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> writes: > I have both sent and received messages on this list that went off-list > by mistake. It's an easy mistake to make that you use reply instead of > reply-all and then the message goes just to one person instead of the > whole list. > > This problem is not unique to the python-tutor. I see it happening > often on other mailing lists (often it's noticeable by the fact that > someone forwards an off-list message back to the list which can > sometimes break the threading of email software). > > One particular list that I receive has recently made an administrative > change so that, from now on, all emails have the "Reply-To" header set > to the list address. This means that the default behaviour when > replying to a message is that the reply goes to the list. I think that > this is the right thing to do by default since replying off-list is > much less common and more likely to be something that you are > consciously aware of when you do it. > > The change seems to have gone down well on the other list so I > wondered: could it be done for this list as well? >
To summarize existing opinions on this matter: http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/listreplyto.html You might want to familiarize yourself with existing literature on the matter before starting a new flame war. -- regards, kushal _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor