Re: call for a vote -- should debian-user mailing list replies go to author or to list?

From: Adam Hardy (adam.ant_at_cyberspaceroad.com)
Date: 08/24/05

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    Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:55:26 +0100
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

    Jon Dowland on 24/08/05 13:54, wrote:
    > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 09:56:20PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
    >>debian users:
    >>
    >>I am tired of replying to messages on this list, only to realize that
    >>my reply went to the message author and not to the list. It is my
    >>understanding that the people in charge of this list think that his
    >>behavior is a feature, not a bug. I disagree.
    >
    >
    > You clearly don't know why Reply-To isn't set, so why not google the
    > list archives and find out? Same goes for every self-confessed newbie
    > who replied "Yes".

    Ironically the first post that comes up in google argues for the munging
    of reply-to:

    http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Alists.debian.org+reply-to+set

    However after reading the arguments on the page it links to, I have to
    say I agree that current list behaviour is best. In fact my favourite
    subtitle from the document is:

    Coddling the Brain-Dead, Penalizing the Conscientious

    Brilliant!

    However my email reader of choice doesn't have reply-to-list, shame on
    Mozilla.

    One thing I would like the list server to munge would be the
    receipt-confirmation header (or whatever it's called). It seems like a
    large waste of bandwidth and a heavy punishment to allow all list
    readers the option to blitz an unsuspecting poster with receipt
    confirmations.

    Adam 

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