Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3232 mails)

[ken <gebser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Andersen wrote:
> On Saturday 12 August 2006 15:02, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
>> On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 10:52 -0800, John Andersen wrote:
>>> On Saturday 12 August 2006 03:46, James Knott wrote:
>>>> In many e-mail programs, you can right click on the "From:" address and
>>>> create a new message to that address or copy it.  I've added this list
>>>> to my address book and created a short nickname, so that I can easily
>>>> create a new message.
>>>>
>>>> Now, if they'd only fix the "Reply to:" problem.  ;-)
>>> That too is easily fixed with proper mailer, rather than a web browser
>>> masquerading as a mailer.
>>>
>>> Kmail makes list replies as easy as hitting the letter L, without
>>> the list havint to violate rfc2822.

Where is this subject-- that of the "proper" reply to a mailing list--
addressed in rfc 2822?


>> Also easily done in Evolution. <ctrl>L for list R for the person.
>> assuming the list is handling headers correctly.  Some need a reply to
>> all and the list comes in the CC line hot the To:.  Luckly those are
>> few.
> 
> Kmail has one of those brain-dead regions as well.  If you hit L (to reply
> to the list) out of habit but the message did not actually come from a list
> it is too dumb to substitute the sender address, and you end up with a message
> set up with NO adressee...  
>   What's up with that?
> 

Doesn't it seem a bit ludicrous to have a rule which everyone is
obligated to break by finding a work-around or by switching to a
different (a so-called "proper") email client or by fixing it manually
with every email sent?  The rationale for this rule seems to be, "What
server configuration can be set in order to inconvenience as many people
as possible?"

Not to worry though.  This topic will probably die off in twenty or
thirty years.  Maybe not... but probably.