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

From: Patrick Rittich (prittich_at_dowco.com)
Date: 08/24/05

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    Adam Hardy wrote:
    > 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.
    >
    Agreed. I switched from crash-prone evolution to mozilla-thunderbird a
    few months ago and noticed this feature missing. Somebody ought to do
    something! :)

    > 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.
    >
    Agreed. Whenever I see those receipt confirmations come up I always
    think of spammers getting hundreds of them back, confirmation of a valid
    email address.
    >
    > Adam
    >
    > 

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Patrick Rittich
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Dowco Computer Systems Ltd.
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