Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Nuno J. Silva wrote:
> Alan McKinnon<alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>  writes:
>
>    
>> On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote:
>>      
>    
>>> 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.
>>      
> But, if I understand it correctly, what the OP wants is others to mail
> him too, so he receives replies without being subscribed.
>
> Having a mail client with those abilities is of no use for him, nor for
> anyone unless they know what the person they're replying to desires.
>
> (But now I wonder how to know if a person replied by a reply we're
> replying wants to be CCed...)
>
> Or is Nicolas looking to reply to everyone when he writes? That would be
> bad, as there are people who prefer to receive messages through the
> list or using NNTP.
>
>    

If he is not subscribed, how did he send a email to the list anyway?  
Don't you have to be subscribed to the list to send a email to it?

Dale

:-)  :-)