Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/05/27/13:51:14
On 05/27/2006, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 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.
I may be the first but I'm not the only. :-)
I set my "Reply-To" to the list because I want all replies to my posts to go
to the list. I don't want a copy coming to me and the list if someone does a
"Reply-All" and I don't want to have the discussion taken off-list and come
only to me personally if someone chooses just "Reply". Setting the "Reply-To"
field is an easy way to make sure that my intent is preserved without people
replying to my posts having to think about it.
> There is something wrong with your email client, then. You should
> investigate
> that.
Either that or you are just hitting "Reply" instead of "Reply-All". Further
discussion of this is OT for this list though so if you have further comments
that you'd like to share, you'll need to follow-up on the cygwin-talk list.
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