[gentoo-catalyst] list replies (was Re: ANNOUNCE: Catalyst 1.1.2)

[William Kilian]

I agree that replies should go only to the list and not the list and 
sender. That's normal list etiquette. I don't get duplicates because I 
have procmail recipe that catches them all, but I had noticed when 
Replying to All that sometimes that there were several cc's listed.

I don't want to start any holy wars about MUAs or list policy, but I 
think the list should be overriding Reply-To headers.

I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird with no extensions, and the only toolbar 
reply buttons or context menu choices I get are Reply to Sender and 
Reply to All. I.e., I have no explicit Reply to List option. However, 
Reply to Sender uses the Reply-To address if it exists. My Reply-To is 
blank and the list sets the Reply-To to gentoo-catalyst@g.o on 
messages from me. I notice that the list also does this for others. 
However, the Reply-To for messages from you is not set to the list. 
There are others whose personal addresses are also staying in the 
Reply-To. That's probably why I started using Reply-All in the first 
place. I'd been wondering why I had to fix the headers so often when I 
reply to this list. Shouldn't the list be overriding Reply-To headers? 
Who wants the casual reply to a message from this list to go just to the 
original sender anyway? If somebody really has a need to email only the 
original sender, let that person take the extra time to fix the address.

Chris Gianelloni wrote:

>Also, if you guys could take the time to select "Reply to List" rather
>than "Reply to All" as I am getting the same messages multiple times
>from most of you.
>


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