What do you do to post a answer to a question in this group

[David Curtis]

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 2:48 AM, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 03/17/2011 11:37 PM, Mark Widdicombe wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 12:47 -0500, David Curtis wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Mark Widdicombe
>>> <mwiddicombe at shoprite.co.za>  wrote:
>>>         On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 11:46 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
>>>         >  On 17 March 2011 10:26, Mark Widdicombe
>>>         <mwiddicombe at shoprite.co.za>  wrote:
>>>         >  >  On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 05:17 -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
>>>         >  >>  On 3/17/2011 4:15 AM, Mark Widdicombe wrote:
>>>         >  >>  >  On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 10:01 +0100, Amedee Van Gasse
>>>         wrote:
>>>         >  >>  >>  On Thu, March 17, 2011 06:24, Jon Anderson wrote:
>>>         >  >>  >>  * Click on the button "Reply to list".
>>>         >  >>  >  Where is this button in Evolution (Ubuntu default email
>>>         editor)?  I have
>>>         >  >>  >  to click 'Reply to all', then delete the parent's
>>>         address in the 'To'
>>>         >  >>  >  box, then copy the ubuntu-users address from the 'Cc'
>>>         box to the 'To'
>>>         >  >>  >  box, then click 'Send'.
>>>         >  >>
>>>
>> OK, I have (with the help of the kind folk on the Evolution list)
>> figured out what the problem is.
>>
>> When Evolution retrieves mail from MS Exchange it doesn't download the
>> entire message, just the message summary.  the 'List-' headers aren't
>> present in the summary, so Evolution doesn't realize that the message is
>> from a list, hence 'Reply to list' isn't activated.
>>
>> Whilst this isn't really a bug, it is a functional deficiency--Evolution
>> should decide whether or not the message is from a list when the message
>> is opened, not just on the basis of the message summary.  I'll just have
>> to live with the inconvenience for now.
>>
>>  I respectfully suggest that it is a bug and should be reported as one.
>  It is a bug because it is unexpected behavior.  A mail client should be
> aware of both the "List" headers as well as the "Reply to".  Second, by
> submitting a bug, you give the developers a chance to know of the concern
> and make an affirmative decision whether to fix it or not.  A discussion on
> a community support list does not reach the devs. At least not reliably.
>
> Regards,
> -- PE


Evolution's behaviour in regards to reply-to-list has been debated since
2005, the latest bug discussion:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624204

See comment #16.
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