From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OUd9c-0008GR-06 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:07:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 37DE61C0C2; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 10:05:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F19FC1C0C2 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2010 10:05:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb39 with SMTP id 39so71167wyb.40 for ; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:05:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=gykzdp2kLkkBXAy/sQ+XpoeB+janjeuH45qymownmjY=; b=mlVw2CfKUakABXvQhuzFoWrENF580G3WwkBSyqf47IYrPNx+GXVbJFnvMwuyotLF0D SaIJfYBOBC4Wg3nvLaebpMMMTEGL4XjvjBB10c8VbuaAdpM4CInwDElFbXJ8fkb/a8ZG Yqagq9Z2KbJlfiurhhgHWw8E20yGNCKmlmdak= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=lYm5UiqKQsOKHHCausutJWxHCi5qh6rvSB8GQto/q2bm6bK8I7GjskYWce6RnuSuNo I8Ahn3/w1/ja9bcbi3Z1s903agXY4aECysf4WHG2bzaEnd+rFhTdVWt41J9WQ6CuUJGT 8xZD5cx6p9/kYw52v/CW69COaa04XEv5ltIQo= Received: by 10.213.31.129 with SMTP id y1mr3761021ebc.81.1278065154125; Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:05:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (dustpuppy.is.co.za [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z55sm4087224eeh.15.2010.07.02.03.05.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:05:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 12:02:40 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.3 (Linux/2.6.34-ck-r1; KDE/4.4.4; x86_64; ; ) Cc: "Nuno J. Silva" , nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net References: <20100702005433.GK9344@vidovic> <4C2D5D5D.6010109@gmail.com> <87k4petd7e.fsf@ist.utl.pt> In-Reply-To: <87k4petd7e.fsf@ist.utl.pt> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201007021202.41048.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 0d41b68a-4156-406a-ae40-8b075564a57d X-Archives-Hash: ea5dd25d13ddf85af6b8149f954aaf90 On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote: > Dale writes: > > Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > >>> I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing > >>> the 'Reply-To' header to the mailing list address. Most mailing > >>> lists I use don't do that. > >>> > >>> It is usually better and prefer the "answer to all" policy as it > >>> permit to be notified of an answer without having to track the whole > >>> mailing list. > >>> > >>> What do you think about changing of policy? > > Like others, I'm happy with this as it is. But YMMV. > > > When they start a new list and it is not set up this way, it causes > > confusion. This was discussed before on another list. I don't see > > this changing anytime soon and hope it doesn't. > > Is there a way for someone to add another address to Reply-To? (Does the > list management software overwrite the header or just appends its > address?) > > Such a way would suit the OP and people who don't want duplicate > messages at the same time. > > Meanwhile the OP might want to add a request to be CC'ed to his > signature. Or, he could use a mailer that understands mailing lists, like kmail. There are others. Filter list mail into a folder, and tell the mailer it is for a list. Decide how you want to reply and press (the composer deals with it correctly): l - reply to list a - reply to all R - reply to original sender r - reply to whatever seems to be default reply address. So instead of blindly clicking reply and getting all upset about the outcome, just press one key and the mailer obeys YOUR intent. Problem solved. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com