Thunderbird and reply-to-list

[Scott Kitterman]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:49:15 -0600 Lorin Pino <ljpino at grm.net> wrote:
>Steve Lamb wrote:
>> Hello,
>>     Is Ubuntu's Thunderbird compiled to enable the reply-to-list 
extension
>> located here:
>> http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=ReplyToListThunderbirdExtension
>>
>>     I know that Debian's version is patched to allow that extension to 
work
>> but thus far Ubuntu's hasn't been functional.
>>
>>   
>I don't understand the need.  I want to reply to the list, I click on 
>reply (not reply all), and the message will be sent to the list.  Isn't 
>that what it is supposed to do?

It depends on how a mailing list is configured.  In some cases that's what 
you'll get, in others reply will reply to the person that wrote the 
message.  Properly configured mailing lists include field in the message 
header about the list and the list address for replies.

Scott K