Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/05/27/12:16:33
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 01:57:36AM -0500, Vidiot wrote:
>>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. ;-)
>>Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com
>
>You are the first one, so far, that I've responded to that actually set the
>reply to go back to the list. As a result, replies are going back to the
>sender only. I am on several mail lists and this is the only one that
>defaults to the sender, not the list, hence the ease in forgetting to
>change the reply as to where it is going.
There is something wrong with your email client, then. You should investigate
that.
Again, this site isn't new. The mailing lists here are not new. This issue
has been discussed many times and the policy was decided long ago.
cgf
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