list-admin :: default to 'reply-to' the list ?

Eberhard Moenkeberg emoenke at gwdg.de
Wed Nov 1 09:45:40 CST 2006


Hi,

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Matt Domsch wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 03:37:04PM +0100, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Matt Domsch wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 05:54:38AM -0500, Jerry Yu wrote:

>>>>    I am new to this list. Not sure the topic is covered before or not.
>>>>    I'd like to have the posts have 'reply-to' set to the list. This way, when
>>>>    I hit reply, I am sending to the list (as well as to the thread), instead
>>>>    of to an individual or his/her post, which my comments may or may directly
>>>>    concern.
>>>>    wonder how many interesting bits had been lost (from the list archive)
>>>>    since the author didn't take the trouble to CC the list after replying to
>>>>    an individual.
>>>
>>> Reply-to-All accomplishes this quite nicely; Reply only goes back to
>>> an individual.  This is intentional. :-)
>>
>> Reply-to-All pollutes you with private duplicates, once you have answered
>> something.
>
> mailman, our mailing list software, won't send it to you twice as long
> as you're subscribed to the list and posting to the list from the same
> address.

Mailman sent this once. But Matt Domsch has sent it too, so I got it 
twice.
This time I did Reply-to-All (last time I had edited the header to go only 
to the list).
This needs hand crafting with every single reply as long as Mailman does 
not fill in his own Reply-To (list).

Cheers -e
-- 
Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke at gwdg.de, em at kki.org)



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