[dorkbotsea-blabber] Reply all?

[douglas repetto]

Chuck Wolber wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Steve Greenfield wrote:
> 
>> So... is there some reason I'm not aware of?
> 
> The mailman list software (which runs this list) has a misguided 
> suggestion to make list replies go to the sender instead of the list.

Huh? Look at the headers. The "Reply-To:" field is set to this list. So 
on most mail readers if you simply reply, the message will be addressed 
to the list. If your mail reader isn't doing that then it's ignoring 
that header.

> 
> I call it misguided because generally the nature of mailng lists is to 
> collaborate. Encouraging collaborative replies to be made off-list loses 
> the immediate value of a reply that all list members can see and comment 
> on, and the long term value of the full discussion being in the list 
> archives which are generally indexed by search engines like Google.
> 


You'll find endless debates on this. Some dorkbot lists have "Reply-To:" 
set to the sender, some to the list. Some worry about people 
accidentally sending personal messages to the list. Others worry about 
conversations accidentally going private. Endless debate!

> I would encourage the list maintaner to change that setting in the list 
> configuration web page.

Nothing to change, it's already set the way you're suggesting.


douglas


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