[blml] This is how Reply should work

Brian brian at meadows.pair.com
Mon Aug 13 12:52:27 CEST 2007


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On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:32:37 +0200
"Sven Pran" <svenpran at online.no> wrote:

> > On Behalf Of Henk Uijterwaal
> .............
> > More specific.  Right now, the setup is:
> > 
> >   "reply" -> mail goes to the original poster.
> >   "reply all" -> mail goes to poster and list.
> > 
> > I can change this, but this means that I have to override reply-to
> > fields that people may have set.  That will make it harder for
> > people to manage their incoming mail.  I don't want to do this.
> 
> As long as "reply" produces only one addressee I am quite comfortable.
> 
> Whether "reply" sets up the original poster or the list is a minor
> issue. Although I had preferred the list I easily change it to the
> list myself.
> 
> What I do not want is to receive two copies of each post I send, one
> direct and one from blml.
> 

The above goes for me too. 

I was surprised to learn that the 'reply' is supposed to go to the
original poster, I guess my mail client knows a mailing list when it
sees one, because reply definitely goes to the list for me. 

Brian. 

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