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

[Jerry Yu]

just look at the the occasional posts with 'FW:' in the subject , you'd see
a glimpse of the anguish caused by this mail list feature/bug.

On 11/1/06, George Bourozikas <george at bourozikas.net> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 01 November 2006 11:54, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote:
> [...]
> > > The "nodupes" setting in mailman is misleading and dangerous - if
> > > mailman sees your address on the header, with this option set, it
> > > will not send you a copy of your own post. How, then, are you
> > > supposed to verify the post even made it to the list?
>
> Hi,
>
> A combination of:
>
>   Receive your own posts to the list?  --> Yes
>
> and
>
>   Avoid duplicate copies of messages?  --> Yes
>
> produces the desired behavior of avoiding duplicates while still
> receiving copies of your own messages.
>
> On the subject of default "reply-to" behavior, my preference is to be
> set to reply to the list as most list discussions are not meant to be
> private exchanges.  Having said that, I don't think there is a "right"
> and a "wrong" way to do it, just personal preference.
>
> --george
>
> P.S. It helps that my MUA (KMail) is smart enough to "reply to" the list
> when it detects list-related headers.
>
> --
> George Bourozikas
>
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