[sdiy] Reply to sender not list

[Rick Jansen]

Ian Fritz zee op 4/6/07 4:03 PM:
> At 06:48 AM 4/6/2007, you wrote:
> 
>>Njrghh!
>>
>>I'm in favour of a reply to the LIST if you just hit 'REPLY', and a
>>reply to both list and original sender if you hit 'reply all'. You can
>>then delete the list if you don't want the list to list-en in.
> 
> So if I want to reply to one person, I have to hit "reply-all" and delete 
> everybody else?  Not logical, captain.  Your "reply" and "reply-all" 
> choices don't seem to be any different, since the original poster is on the 
> list.
> 
> 
>>It is a group-discussion list primarily, not a trigger for private
>>conversations. I guess most people intend to reply to the list in the
>>first place, so let's keep that the default behaviour.
> 
> Well, it's your decision, of course.  But I think there is a *lot* of off 
> list business going on, and for many good reasons.  So why shouldn't we be 
> able to do it easily with a simple choice?

Well, I had a look at the mailman settings. (Couldn't avoid that
really.) They advise to set the "reply-to" to the original poster. So
I'll listen to them. Choosing "reply-all" will get you both the original
sender and the list, selecting "reply" the original sender. I made it
so. I can set an explicit reply-to header to the list, but probably that
isn't even necessary.

Sooo, pay attention to where your replies go ;-)

(Do you get this message once or twice, Ian?)

rick