Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/05/27/12:15:12
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 01:25:24AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>On 05/26/2006, Vidiot wrote:
>>[Can the listmaster fix the mail list so that it sends the reply back
>>to the list and not to the poster? I sent the e-mail before
>>remembering that this mail list gets it wrong, at least AFAIAC.]
>
>There is nothing wrong with this mail list, although it may not conform
>to your personal preference. This list does not dictate to the sender
>where replies will go. It leaves that up to the sender. If posters
>want email to go to the list rather than to them, it's simply a matter
>of setting the "Reply-To" field to point to the list. For those that
>want to make sure that they always reply to the list, simply use
>Reply-All. It's that simple and gives everyone full control over how
>their email is directed. IMO, that's far better than a heavy-handed
>rule enforced by the list administrator, but then that's my personal
>preference, which matters not either. ;-)
All mailing lists on sourceware.org also have a standard
Mail-Followup-To setting.
Another way to look at this is that this project and this mailing list
have been around for many years so it's likely that this subject has
been discussed many times and a simple "please change the list to fit my
needs" request doesn't make much sense in this context.
cgf
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