From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Schmidt Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:10:16 +0000 Subject: Re: [mlmmj] feature: resending capability Message-Id: <51465B68.2040004@yahoo.com.au> List-Id: References: <20130304142712.GA19707@eee.fritz.box> In-Reply-To: <20130304142712.GA19707@eee.fritz.box> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: mlmmj@mlmmj.org On 18/03/13 10:06 AM, Sebastian Lipp wrote: > On 2013-03-17 10:05, Ben Schmidt wrote: >> I suggest that if you want to have a separate discussion without the >> external user, though, the correct thing to do would be to forward their >> message to the mailing list, discuss it on-list, and then have someone >> reply to the *original message* when the discussion is complete. If the >> external user is not actually involved in the discussion, they won't be >> replying all that often, so it shouldn't be a big hassle if they reply >> to an individual rather than to the list address; but the internal >> replyer can always set a Reply-To header to ensure subsequent replies go >> to the list if they want to. By replying to the external user's original >> message, you also ensure it appears in the correct thread/conversation >> from their point of view. Most MUAs these days have separate 'Reply >> List', 'Reply' and 'Reply All' buttons, so this is fairly easy for >> internal users--you can hand out the list address to external users who >> may have questions, and the internal users can discuss by using 'Reply >> List' or give the final response using 'Reply' or 'Reply All'. The only >> thing they need to do is remember to set the Reply-To header when >> sending the final response, if necessary. > > Then I will live with that "solution". I'm convinced that any other > option is not really practical. :D > > Thanks. OK, cool. Sorry I couldn't be any more help! Smiles, Ben.