[luau] Reply-To Change ...

[Warren Togami]

On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 14:39, Vince Hoang wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 10:06:40PM -1000, Warren Togami wrote:
> > I am thinking now after testing the reply-to-poster list
> > behavior that we should change it back to reply-to-list. The
> > primary reason I wanted to test reply-to-poster was because
> > it would reduce the amount of posts that reply only saying
> > "thanks".
> 
> People need to be aware who they are sending messages to 
> before sending it. Plain and simple. This is true whether
> or not the Reply-To: header is being munged.
> 

People who simply click Reply are usually not aware of where the message
is going.  The suggestion that people use "Reply All" in order to reply
to the list simply does not work because it by default replies to 

> > Unfortunately I completely fail to see any benefit beyond that
> > possiblity. It is far more annoying to use for many clients,
> > most Open Source mailing lists are reply-to-list, and the
> > expectation for people click "Reply to All" is completely
> > broken because that encourages cross-list posting.
> 
> Not true. Most OSS mailing lists are "reply-to-sender".
> 

I am currently subscribed to several dozen mailing lists, and the vast
majority of them are reply-to-list.  Perhaps it is a cultural thing in
the type of mailing lists that I subscribe, I don't know.

> The endless Cc: list can be limited by using Bcc.
> 

Mailman mailing list manager by default will not allow posts that do not
have its address listed explicitly in To or CC.  This can of course be
turned off.

> > For these reasons I am thinking we should go back to
> > reply-to-list behavior. Unless there are suddenly a dozen
> > people posting in opposition during the next day, I am changing
> > teh behavior back on Wednesday.
> 
> Sure. I have no objection to reverting the change.
> But let us decide on a policy and stick to it.
> 
> -Vince

I am comfortable with keeping it as reply-to-list on a permanent basis.

Warren