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On Monday, February 28, 2005 10:59 pm, D. Wokan wrote: |
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> The problem is in the lack of standardization between mailing lists. |
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> I've gotten used to just hitting reply-all instead of just reply because |
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> a number of lists I'm on don't set the reply-to header like the Gentoo |
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> lists do. |
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Even better, a good MUA may actually /obey/ the standards and send mail to |
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List-Post address when asked to reply to the list. Setting the Reply-To |
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header can be aggravating for many users. A sane mail client will generally |
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offer the following, with the required address computed in the order below: |
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Reply to mailing list: List-Post, To |
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Reply: From |
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Reply to all: (List-Post|To) && From |
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Anthony Gorecki |
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Ectro-Linux Foundation |
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