[LARTC] Fix list so it adds Reply-To: header

[LARTC] Fix list so it adds Reply-To: header

[Jody Shumaker]

Could whomever is in charge of the lartc mailing list please change it
to add the header:
Reply-To: lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl

Every other list I'm on is setup so that by default replies will go to
the list.  When replying to lartc emails I notice myself and others
constantly forgetting this list does not behave like the rest, and
that we have to either do a reply-to-all, or manually enter in the to
address.

Thanks,
Jody
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Re: [LARTC] Fix list so it adds Reply-To: header

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 16:57 -0500, Jody Shumaker wrote:
> Could whomever is in charge of the lartc mailing list please change it
> to add the header:
> Reply-To: lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl
> 
> Every other list I'm on is setup so that by default replies will go to
> the list.  When replying to lartc emails I notice myself and others
> constantly forgetting this list does not behave like the rest, and
> that we have to either do a reply-to-all, or manually enter in the to
> address.

Yeah, I second that. I keep replying to people directly :) Ooops. Sorry
people, making sure I hit the reply to all again. Not to mention
removing the cc stuff, and just replying directly to the list.

By ccing the list, and not email it directly I feel like I am having an
off list conversation, that I am sending copies to the list, to keep up
with the convo.

-- 
Sincerely,
William L. Thomson Jr.
Obsidian-Studios, Inc.
http://www.obsidian-studios.com

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Re: [LARTC] Fix list so it adds Reply-To: header

[Henry Yen]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:57:54AM -0500, Jody Shumaker wrote:
> Could whomever is in charge of the lartc mailing list please change it
> to add the header:
> Reply-To: lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl
> 
> Every other list I'm on is setup so that by default replies will go to
> the list.  When replying to lartc emails I notice myself and others
> constantly forgetting this list does not behave like the rest, and
> that we have to either do a reply-to-all, or manually enter in the to
> address.

Before you do that, you should first read:
   http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html

Then, the rebuttal:
   http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-useful.html

Finally, the rebuttal to the rebuttal:
   http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/listreplyto.txt

-- 
Henry Yen <henry@AegisInfoSys.com>              Aegis Information Systems, Inc.
Senior Systems Programmer                       Hicksville, New York
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Re: [LARTC] Fix list so it adds Reply-To: header

[Andreas Klauer]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 04:57:54PM -0500, Jody Shumaker wrote:
> Could whomever is in charge of the lartc mailing list please change it
> to add the header:
> Reply-To: lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl
> 
> Every other list I'm on is setup so that by default replies will go to
> the list.  When replying to lartc emails I notice myself and others
> constantly forgetting this list does not behave like the rest, and
> that we have to either do a reply-to-all, or manually enter in the to
> address.

I'm on several mailing lists as well, but none of them has such a 
Reply-To setting. The list has proper list headers such as:

List-Id: "Mailinglist of the Linux Advanced Routing &
        Traffic Control project" <lartc.mailman.ds9a.nl>
List-Post: <mailto:lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl>
etc...

Some mailing programs offer a 'Reply to list' function that respects these 
mailing list headers and thus will send a reply to the list only. Also, I 
do not mind getting direct replys in addition to what goes over the list, 
actually I even do group replies on purpose, because the list does not 
always work reliably.

Regards
Andreas Klauer
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Re: [LARTC] Fix list so it adds Reply-To: header

[Jody Shumaker]

> Before you do that, you should first read:
>    http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
>
> Then, the rebuttal:
>    http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-useful.html
>
> Finally, the rebuttal to the rebuttal:
>    http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/listreplyto.txt
>
> --
> Henry Yen <henry@AegisInfoSys.com>              Aegis Information Systems, Inc.
> Senior Systems Programmer                       Hicksville, New York
>

Having been on this list which does not do the munging, and 3
subversion related lists which do.  I much prefer the munging, largely
agreeing with what is said in your third url. I haven't seen any
accidental posts to the list on the munging lists.  Instead I
constantly have people either accidentally only reply to me, or I
myself accidentally not respond to the list for lartc. If so many
people are doing it to me, then it stands to reason that there's cases
I'm not even seeing. It makes me wonder how many discussions on this
list unintentially left the list to private emails.

If the list owner does not wish for Reply-To munging I can accept
that, but I'd atleast like it considered.

- Jody
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Re: [LARTC] Fix list so it adds Reply-To: header

[Patrick McHardy]

Jody Shumaker wrote:
> Could whomever is in charge of the lartc mailing list please change it
> to add the header:
> Reply-To: lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl
> 
> Every other list I'm on is setup so that by default replies will go to
> the list.  When replying to lartc emails I notice myself and others
> constantly forgetting this list does not behave like the rest, and
> that we have to either do a reply-to-all, or manually enter in the to
> address.

It is extremly annoying to add receipients back to the list, and if
I answer some mail, I want it delivered to the requestor first and
to the list second. Many people tend not to be very responsive
when not addressed directly. Another negative side-effect is that
it removes other lists that might be CCed.

So please don't change this.
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