[Wine] Comment regarding this list

Michael Edwards miedward at gmail.com
Sat Mar 11 22:13:14 CST 2006


The option exists on mailman, but very few lists use it.

As you say, the default behavior in most cases is a personal response
even to group mails.  The settings as they are preserve that default
behavior even for lists.

On 3/11/06, drescher0110-lists at yahoo.com <drescher0110-lists at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Just a simple off topic but list related comment:
> >
> > The message headers in postings from this list seem to encourage off list
> > responses since the list address only appears in the "To" header. The normal
> > action when responding (at least by the uninitiated) is to simply reply which
> > in many cases sends the response to the address in the "Reply-to" header if any
> > or to the address in the "From" header. The address of this list is not in
> > either of these headers.
> >
> > I'm sure there are many more responses to postings than I am seeing. This makes
> > it difficult for "lurkers" to learn from the experience of others.
> >
> This is the same with most lists like this. I am suscribed to about 20 lists and in
> all cases I try to remember when I reply to use the reply to all option of my mail
> system. This does not always happen because the button for me (yahoo web mail) is
> not default and is in a pull down menu.
>
> John
>
>
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