Re: [OT] mailing list management

[Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com>]

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Lukasz Stelmach wrote:
> Bernd Petrovitsch napisał(a):
> [...]
> 
>>>I would even suggest placing real name in the reply to field next to
>>>list's address.
>>
>>Sorry, but the writing the original senders name with the lists address
>>into any header field is insane and totally unacceptable.
> 
> 
> OK. I understand your and other's point of view. I just wanted to ask if
> this is not a good idea. You say no, I accept it.
> 
> These ideas make the mailing list resemble behavior of FidoNet echos and
> GoldEd which were my first contact with e-mail conferences and I used to
> like the way they worked. But that is completly different story.
> 

You're also missing another point.

If someone sends a mail to the list without being subscribed to it,
and then you would write only to the list, the person asking the
original question wouldn't get the answer.

In a small, closed list reply-to: set to the list is good, but not on
an open list with people not subscribed answer.

// Stefan
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