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

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> Claws Mail has an interesting approach to this problem.  They define
> dedicated "Reply to Sender" and "Reply to List" actions in their menus,
> but also a generic "Reply" action whose behavior for a mailing list post
> is determined by a user preference:
>
>    [ ] Reply button invokes mailing list reply
>
> I would probably reword the label, but same idea.  How does that sound?
> I don't suggest new preferences lightly, but I'd rather keep toolbar and
> menu changes to a minimum here.
>
> So my proposal is:
>
>   Reply            (Ctrl+R)       : Replies to sender on private emails,
>                                     configurable for mailing list posts.
>
>   Reply to Sender                 : Works like Reply currently does, or
>                                     maybe overrides Reply-To munging?
>
>   Reply to List    (Ctrl+L)       : No change.
>
>   Reply to All     (Shift+Ctrl+R) : For mailing list posts, put list
>                                     address in To:, sender in Cc:
>
> Then we can debate an appropriate default for the preference.

I like this version best - i.e. the default "unthinking" action is to do
the right thing, but gives the opportunity for people to customise it
with the minimum of fuss - could I ask that the default on a clean
install is for reply to be sent to the list, i.e. the option turned on.

P.