On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 08:45 AM, Anthony Baxter wrote:
Look, the simple answer to this is that all decent mail reading software gives you the choice to either reply directly to the poster, or to the poster and the list, or to the list. Who are you to say "no, you must reply to the list", and to make the mailing list software mangle headers in an attempt to make this happen?
OK, if it's that easy, why did you "choose" to send two copies of your message to me? Please explain why that makes sense. I also think that "mangle headers" is an interesting choice of words. Every server that processes mail alters the headers for different reasons. Adding a "Reply-To" header is no more "mangling" than adding an "Errors-To" header. Why are you not objecting to that sort of "header mangling" by this list? Probably because "Errors-To" supplies additional information that helps the list function better. "Reply-To" is no different. Also, what percentage of the time is replying off-list appropriate? IMO, lists serve to support others by sharing knowledge. Replying off-list (the default) shares knowledge with one person; replying to the list shares it with all list members, and could also save someone the time of replying to a question that had already been answered. ___/ / __/ / ____/ Ed Leafe http://leafe.com/ http://opentech.leafe.com