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

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 07:39 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 08:50 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > Does that include changing the name of the 'Reply' button to read
> > 'Private Reply'? I've got a patch for that, but I was dubious about that
> > anyway just because it changes the size of the button.
>
> I would say so.  Main window's toolbar should remain static.
>
>
> Just to throw another idea out there...
>
> 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 quite like this idea (especially the munging override), except that
I'd make Ctrl+L fall back to Shift+Ctrl+R when no List-Post header is
present.

Note: The munging override can't undo all possible munging, e.g. if the
munged Reply-To is different from the List-Post address, or if the
sender had his own Reply-To which is now lost. With those caveats, I
think it's a win.