Btrfs devel - Jun 2007 - Reply-to address not set for mailing list.

Hi,

I don't know who set up this mailing list, but it would be very  
useful to setup a reply-to address for all messages sent to the  
mailing list. I've seen it happen more than once, that people just  
click reply and the message is only sent to the original poster,  
meaning that it doesn't show up on the mailing list.
Most mailing lists are configured in a way, that the reply-to address  
is set to the mailinglist address, so that you can just hit reply in  
your mail application.

Thanks in advance,
Frank Groeneveld

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 03:22:08PM +0200, Frank Groeneveld
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know who set up this mailing list, but it would be very  
> useful to setup a reply-to address for all messages sent to the  
> mailing list. I've seen it happen more than once, that people just  
> click reply and the message is only sent to the original poster,  
> meaning that it doesn't show up on the mailing list.
> Most mailing lists are configured in a way, that the reply-to address  
> is set to the mailinglist address, so that you can just hit reply in  
> your mail application.
This is a bit of personal preference, some people really love the
reply-to list bit.  But, it frequently snares people trying to make
private replies they would prefer to keep private, and often causes long
debates about the perfect mailing list config.

So, I'll leave it off ;)

-chris

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 03:22:08PM +0200, Frank Groeneveld
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know who set up this mailing list, but it would be very  
> useful to setup a reply-to address for all messages sent to the  
> mailing list. I've seen it happen more than once, that people just  
> click reply and the message is only sent to the original poster,  
> meaning that it doesn't show up on the mailing list.
> Most mailing lists are configured in a way, that the reply-to address  
> is set to the mailinglist address, so that you can just hit reply in  
> your mail application.
That depends heavily on your audience. In kernel land people are used to
this kind of setup (see LKML). The advantage is that with your favorit
mailers functions (reply and group reply) you can decide whom you want
to answer. When setting the list into the "Reply-To:" you can not.
Replying
just to the author will need editing the address manually.

And yes - Most LKML heackers like to get emails on the list and
additionally in private as most are heavy email users and following a
thread you participated in is easier when mails get delivered in you
inbox and not some list folder you look at every now and then.

Flo
-- 
Florian Lohoff                  flo@rfc822.org             +49-171-2280134
	Those who would give up a little freedom to get a little 
          security shall soon have neither - Benjamin Franklin
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