Hi, is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot at dovecot.org instead? That way one has to either use "reply to all" in the MUA or manually enter dovecot at dovecot.org in any replies. And a "reply to all" duplicates postings because the posting once goes to the list and once to the original poster, that get's the reply twice then. Or maybe I am missing something ... :-) Udo BestSolution.at GmbH http://www.bestsolution.at
On 12.1.2006 23:22, "Udo Rader" <udo.rader at bestsolution.at> wrote:> is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender > address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot at dovecot.org > instead? > > That way one has to either use "reply to all" in the MUA or manually > enter dovecot at dovecot.org in any replies. And a "reply to all" > duplicates postings because the posting once goes to the list and once > to the original poster, that get's the reply twice then. > > Or maybe I am missing something ... :-)It has been discussed at least once before in this list. Basically not everyone wants it, and if you do you can set the header yourself. I don't like it either with some lists. When I'm posting a question to a mailing list, I want to get a private reply since I'm not reading every single mail in the mailing list. I guess it's the exact opposite when you're just trying to help people and don't really care all that much if you see the reply or not :)
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 22:22 +0100, Udo Rader wrote:> Hi, > > is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender > address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot at dovecot.org > instead? > > That way one has to either use "reply to all" in the MUA or manually > enter dovecot at dovecot.org in any replies. And a "reply to all" > duplicates postings because the posting once goes to the list and once > to the original poster, that get's the reply twice then. > > Or maybe I am missing something ... :-)I take it you're using one of those semi-broken MUAs that doesn't have "Reply to List" functionality. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez at ivazquez.net> http://fedora.ivazquez.net/ gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 38028b72 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20060112/9bb9817f/attachment.bin>
Udo Rader wrote:> is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender > address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot at dovecot.org > instead?http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html While I do not agree with everything there, I think the main point is valid. Personally, I use "Reply All" in Thunderbird, so the mail goes to the list and the author. If somebody wants no personal replies, he's free to set a reply-to header (like I do).
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 22:22 +0100, Udo Rader wrote: [...]> is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender > address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot at dovecot.org > instead?Please not. Thank you. [ rant about the own MUA ] Fix your MUA or change it.> Or maybe I am missing something ... :-)Yes, you kill the possibility for people to use the Reply-To: Header on their own. And more can be read under the repyl-to-considered-harmful link in another email. Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services