On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 11:19:26PM +0000, MJ Ray typed the following...
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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.
Not quite sure how it removed the reply off-list option, but that may just be because I've not been playing with email clients for a bit. I always get the option of using the from or reply-to address. That said I have a feeling that a number of clients must actually ignore the from and reply-to headers as I've sent a good number of emails out recently have have been sent back to the real sending address instead of either the from or reply to I've configured in the email - either that or my email client (Mutt) is doing something odd.
some you need group reply
Always use "reply to all" and it should never fail to reach the list.
Its all right, I usually do, I've just been doing a lot of mail recently and have also made an annoying number of slip ups where I've just replied.
and a very few actually have the headers for a special list reply
RFC2919 or similar and we support them, I believe.
No, I don't believe you do, unless the Mutt List Reply option uses an alternative method. Using L to reply to list gives an error stating no list found.
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.)
...and that's all MJ Ray wrote I'm afraid
No, I've not done that, I usually end up sending a replying to too few people, mainly with lists where I forget to group reply. I also have had a few emails I've sent out for long threads where I've gone in and deleted not only myself (because I use multiple addresses), but another 10-15 addresses from the cc list.
Anyway, for me I think this sub-thread is finished. Its really not a big enough deal for me to worry either way (not sure why I got the urge to mention it really). I can see both sides and have not yet decided what format to use for a couple of lists I'm setting up at the moment. I would, out of curiosities sake, be interested in figures/estimates on the amount of extra traffic caused by copying recipients who will also receive the mail via the list vs extra traffic caused by inadvertantly replying to too many people - I very much doubt there is anything though.
Anyway, nuff said :-)