Even with a mail client that doesn’t have a ‘Reply to list’,
it seems (to me) quite logical as it is now.
“Reply” is private, to the author only. “Reply to all”
is public, to the list.
Exactly the same as it would be in a ‘normal’ mail conversation
with some CC’s.
It’s up to you if you leave the author explicitly included
in a ‘reply to all’, or remove his address so he doesn’t receive two copies. I tend to treat that on a case to case basis, depending on whether it’s a direct reply to something he said or one more to the discussion in general.
But everyone is entitled to his opinion. I guess that’s
what all those flame wars were once about, or were those limited to
usenet only? ;)
From:
Bryn Hughes [mailto:linux AT nashira DOT ca]
Sent: 10 April 2015 4:50
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] bacula-users replyTo address
On the 'Possible' side, it's a simple toggle on the "General Options" page in Mailman, the option is called 'reply_to_list' and the choices are 'Poster'
'This List' and 'Explicit Address'. Most discussion lists that intend to create a searchable archive of questions and answers tend to use 'This List'.
I'll leave the 'Desirable' option up to the admins. Personally I too use Thunderbird and have a 'Reply To List' button so it doesn't make much difference to me, but lots of other email clients don't have that functionality.
Bryn
On 2015-04-09 04:33 PM, Kern Sibbald wrote:
Hello,
I am the list administrator, and I am not convinced that it is possible or desirable to make the change you request. However, with my MTA (Thunderbird), I have the choice of replying to: the author only; the list only; reply to all.
This has alway been adequate for me.
Best regards,
Kern
On 08.04.2015 15:05, Greg Woods wrote:
On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 5:24 AM, Robert Oschwald <robertoschwald AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
Is it possible for the admins to set the reply-to address to the list-address so replies are posted to the list instead of the author?
Possible? Probably. Desireable? This is one of those religious wars that comes up on every mailing list eventually. I personally hate "reply to list"; I
would much rather accidentally reply to author when I meant reply to list than accidentally send a reply to the list that was intended for only one person. Others will argue just as vociferously the other way.
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