This Mailinglist - another vote for sanity

[Markus Kolb]

David wrote on Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 22:07:44 +1100:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 06:52:47AM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> > Hi Romeyn
> > 
> > <sigh> I wanted to avoid this thread, but what the heck...
> 
> 
> I get mail from the list, so I reply to the list. Pretty simple really.

No. You don't get mail from the list because a mailinglist can not write
mails. You get mails from all the people sending to a list.

> I'm on about 10 other lists, and only this one has this "feature". I'm 
> sure everyone either manually alters "To:", or uses an MUA to alter it - 
> having to change "To:" OR click on reply-to-list is a PITA.

For this mail I've used shift+L for a list-reply. When using MUAs not
supporting mailinglists, I have to switch CC to To and have to remove
the sender.  
That's correct and the standard like writing your email
adress behind a From:.

> I get the message from the list, and I want to reply to the list. What's 
> hard about it?

Maybe you want to reply to all subscribed users of the list and for this
you want to send your answer to the list again.
Others want to answer only the sender and for this they do a simple
reply. 

> PS:
> In case you didn't get it:
> 
> Receive mail from Ubuntu list --> Reply to Ubuntu list  ;-)

In case youu didn't get it after all these mails with the topic:
This list will never set a reply-to because it is not the purpose of the
reply-to field.

Instead of writing here such stupid wishes you should better create
wish-reports in bugzilla of Mozilla and Thunderbird or of whatever MUA
you use.


n8
Markus