Re: [Evolution] Reply for list messages should go back to the list

[David Woodhouse <dwmw2 infradead org>]

On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 09:34 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 14:46 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 09:07 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > Well, no. I'm advocating:
> > >
> > >  - Reply To Author to reply to you alone.
> > >  - Reply To All to CC the author and reply to the list (the reverse of
> > > the current situation).
> >
> > Ah -- so a purely cosmetic change, just moving recipients between To:
> > and Cc: headers but still sending the reply to the _same_ set of
> > addresses as before? That seems reasonable enough. Like this message?
> >
> > But in that case...
> >
> > >  - Ctrl-L to disappear, and Ctrl-R to change to reflect that it's
> > > Reply To List. 
> >
> > .. won't some people still want the 'Reply to List only' option?
>
> There is no "Reply To List Only". There's Reply To List, and that's what
> they'll get with Ctrl-R. How would a "Reply To List Only" be different?

Um, sorry if I'm being dim... but "that's what they'll get with Ctrl-R"
seems different to what you said you were advocating, which was:

> - Reply To Author to reply to you alone.
> - Reply To All to CC the author and reply to the list (the reverse of
>      the current situation).
> - Ctrl-L to disappear, and Ctrl-R to change to reflect that it's Reply
>      To List.

It seems to me that you're actually suggesting:
  - Reply to Author (i.e. Ctrl-R) to reply to the list, not be private.
  - Reply to All to do the same as now but with cosmetic differences.

If you really want to mollycoddle the idiots who can't manage to press
the right button, how about a pop-up which says:

     =================================================================

        You are replying personally to the author of a message which
        you received via a mailing list. Did you really mean to reply
        privately, or did you mean use the "Reply to All" action?

           [x] Never ask me this stupid question again.

           [ Reply privately ]     [ Reply to All ]

     =================================================================

We could also change the "Reply" button and menu item to say "Private
Reply" when it's a list message.

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dwmw2