List etiquette

[Matthew Palmer]

On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 11:35:11AM +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> I am aware of those, but that is a workaround. Replies should by default
> go to the list.

No, followups should go to the list, replies to the author.  

> The "Reply-To" header does not affect the functionality of 
> the "Reply to authors" function, so it is pointless.

It does, because the author may wish to specify where private replies go,
and the Reply-To: header is the standard way to do so.

> > on the topic of etiquette wasnt there something todo with 
> > not starting new threads within others?
> 
> As you should have noticed, I changed the subject header when posting the 
> original message.

Which isn't how it's done, as the In-Reply-To: and References: headers
contain previous message IDs which aren't relevant.  This causes threading
MUAs to stick your message in the middle of an unrelated thread.

- Matt