Re: [Evolution] Reply-To Question

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur alexion com>]

On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 23:08, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> Replies to a couple of posts enclosed.
>
> On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 18:54, Arthur S. Alexion wrote: 
> > On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 19:37, Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 12:27, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 14:36, Ray Hunter wrote:
> > > > > I would like the reply-to field to populate to the list email
> > > > > address...is this possible?
> > > >
> > > > So would I, but we seem to be in the minority.
> > >
> > > I don't think it should do this by default.  You can always fill in the
> > > list as the reply-to by hand.  I'm not convinced that adding this as an
> > > option is worthwhile.  (mind you, I'm not actually an Evolution hacker,
> > > but I try to keep up with it pretty closely).
> >
> > See what I mean...
>
> No, I'm afraid that I don't.

To Ray Hunter, I meant that your reply confirmed that Ray and I were in
the minority in wanting to reply to list by default.



> > >  Furthermore, the existing code to make 'reply-to-list'
> > > work is horrible and hacky.  I haven't found a 'good' solution for this
> > > yet (although it's been suggested that I look at the gnus code.  I hope
> > > to get there soon).  This is one of those problems that appears HARD to
> > > solve.
> >
> > I don't know.  I subscribe to about 8 lists and only 2 of the 8 work
> > like this one.  The other (hosted by ultraviolet.org) is the worst
>
> You mean like the Evolution list?  I wasn't talking about how the
> mailing list manager handles it, this is completely unrelated to
> Evolution.

No. this is a list manager configuration issue.  It has nothing to do
with evolution or any other mail client.  It is, however exacerbated by
evolution since some mail clients make replies to list easier.  (In mutt
and kmail, you just hit the letter L.)


>

> > > > - reply to all means original poster gets two copies.  Why?
> > >
> > > It doesn't.  I think you're missing out on some common use-cases.  There
> > > are many mailing lists out there which do not require you to be a member
> > > of the list before posting.  That is to say, reply-to-all only results
> > > in the sender getting two copies of the mail if they're not on the
> > > list.  Removing the sender on 'reply-to-all' is a BAD idea.
> >
> > You're kidding, right?
>
> No.  I don't understand what your confusion is, please clarify.

Almost every time I post to this list, I get duplicate replies.  It's
annoying and a waste of bandwidth.  Some lists even give you the option
of not receiving copies of your own posts since they are likely in your
sent mail folder anyway (I don't usually activate this option since I
like to know that my post made it to the list, but I can see the
efficiency in selecting it.)

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