Eric Springer wrote:
[...] I really disagree with his take. First off, the expected behavior of replying in a mailing list, would be to reply to the mailing list. It's the same as bulletin boards and forums.
No, it isn't. That's why it's called a mailing list and not a forum in the first place ;-)
Secondly, he keeps talking of how you lose the ability to reply to the author. He's extremely overblown it. Here's a header from a normal mailing list:
From: "xxxxxxx " <xxxxxx@gmail.com> To: kde-devel@kde.org Reply-To: kde-devel@kde.org, xxxxxxx@gmail.com
If I I want to reply privately, I hit "reply" and remove the mailing list. Honestly, it couldn't be simpler. I have no idea what he's on about. I've not "lost freedoms" at all.
Yes, you have, you just haven't realized yet. Good MUAs have a "Reply", "Reply-to-list" and "Reply-all" functionality. So there's no need to remove email addresses at any time (as opposed to your solution), you only have to choose to whom you would like to reply (sender=reply, list=reply-to-list, sender+list=reply-all). mutt, KMail, Thunderbird (with an extension) and probably also other MUAs have a list-reply functionality as far as I know. You may have to reconsider your "it couldn't be simpler" statement, I would call the current solution a lot more elegant.
[...] In all fairness, if the "mailing list" header is enough information for an email client to reliable determine the mailing list address, it a limitation of mail clients. But like most things, I think it's best to be pragmatic and work around it, and reply-to really is the best solution imo.
We have discussed this many times, please check the archive of various opensuse mailing lists. The task of a mailing list software is to distribute emails, not to fiddle around with (existing) email headers. It shouldn't do that at all (maybe add an X-Mailinglist header, though). The reply-to-list issues should be handled at the user's end, i.e. by the MUA. I can, of course, already hear what you are going to say, which is: other mailing lists do indeed set the reply-to address to the mailing list. Well, that's correct. But it doesn't mean it's right. Those mailing list administrators are just less strict than Henne ;-) Regards, Th. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org