Re: [squid-users] Mailing-list admins: can we set up reply-to?

From: Brian Mearns <mearns.b_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:41:00 -0500

Sorry, did it again. Sent it to the wrong place. Message below.

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Brian Mearns <mearns.b_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:19 PM, ghe <ghe_at_slsware.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Nov 19, 2009, at 8:25 PM, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
>>
>>> fre 2009-11-13 klockan 11:44 -0500 skrev Brian Mearns:
>>>> Would it be possible for the admins of this mailing list to setup the
>>>> Reply-to header so hitting reply goes back to the mailing list? I
>>>> don't know how many times I've sent responses directly back to the
>>>> sender because I just started typing the response.
>>>
>>> No, because reply-to is even more harmful, causing responses which were
>>> intended private to go to the list, and makes it very very hard to
>>> respond privately with a standards conforming mail agent.
>>>
>>> The list server do set internet standard list headers, so if you have a
>>> mail client which knows about mailing lists then you get a "Reply to
>>> list" alternative.
>>
>> There's been a huge 'discussion' of this subject over on the Debian list. The loudest replies all seemed to say, "Use mutt!"
>>
>> So I had procmail look for an X-List or equivalent and add a Reply-To header (my clients don't do Reply-To-List).
>>
>> I almost always want a reply to go to the list, but I do need to think a bit to send off-list. That's rare enough that I can handle thinking that much. So far...
>>
>> --
>> Glenn English
>> ghe_at_slsware.com
>>
>
> There have been several suggestions that the solution is to just use a
> more suitable mail program. Personally, I think that's a cop out of an
> argument. Everyone picks there own mail agent for any number of
> personal reasons, and to suggest that the only appropriate way to use
> the mailing list is through a handful of specific ones is absurd. Now,
> if my particular mail agent is broken or lacking common features, then
> it's my cross to bear. But so far, I haven't been convinced that this
> is a sufficiently common feature among mail agents.
>
> Regards,
> -Brian
>
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