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Paul Tansom paul@whaletales.co.uk wrote:
[...] I wish there could be some standardisation here! Some lists you just reply,
That is broken as it removes the "reply off-list" possibility from some email clients and publishes when people may not have made a conscious decision to publish. Find me an email client without "reply to all" and I'll show you an antique in need of an upgrade.
some you need group reply
Always use "reply to all" and it should never fail to reach the list.
and a very few actually have the headers for a special list reply
RFC2919 or similar and we support them, I believe.
So, we do the most that we can do to make sure that replys for the list go to the list without tripping up unsuspecting readers in what can be a very embarrassing way. I think that's fair and I'll try to obstruct anyone trying to screw it up now ;-)
For example, have you ever emailed 3000 people around the world working in the same field as you with a "hi, haven't heard from you for ages, how's the new house?" email? I have. (Yes, I know *NOW* to check where Reply-To points... can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.)