Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Thursday 2007-04-12 at 13:54 +0200, Sandy Drobic wrote:
I set a reply-to header to the list, so that the default for a reply is directed to the list.
And I have procmail set to overwrite it using formail, so it is lost :-p
However, I set it to the list, so that I can use Pine easily.
Whatever, as long as it works. (^-°)
I equate off-list with spam, and unless I specifically give you permission to email me, you don't have the right. This is rediculous. Why? Aside from the annoying spam to the list addresses (spammers like web archives!) the purpuse of a support mailinglist is to help each other and have the archive available as a research base. Private replies defeat this purpose.
For these reasons I do not understand why you think it is ridiculous.
He thinks it is ridiculous to consider private emails as spam, I understand. It may be a nuisance, but not that much. My filters are clever enough to separate list replies, CCs, and directs.
I don't need filters because my server is rejecting these Mails hard. May the lazy guy wonder why he is getting these bounces.
Sometimes I get private replies because the requested logs or configuration files contain private data, but otherwise I see no reason for private replies. Being lazy on your part does not constitute a good reason for private replies.
Most of them are simply mistakes. The fact is that many mail clients are not list aware and friendly - not even Pine - thus people may get confused at first and email direct by accident. Then, they revert to reply to all, which is another nuisance, but not a big one.
SuSE version of thunderbird contains a hidden setting to modify "reply all" behaviour so that it sends to the list instead. I forgot how I activated it, though.
For a long time I used "reply-all" in Thunderbird and edited the recipients, then I discovered a plugin for List Reply, so I only have to remember to click on "Reply List". -- Sandy List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org