Syslinux - Mar 2014 - Changing the Reply-To: option for the list

Hi all,

A few years ago, at popular request, I changed the default of the list
to have a Reply-To: pointing at the list.  I personally find it very
annoying, and I would like to change the default back.

Would people object to trying it?

	-hpa

> Hi all,
> 
> A few years ago, at popular request, I changed the default of the list
> to have a Reply-To: pointing at the list.  I personally find it very
> annoying, and I would like to change the default back.
> 
> Would people object to trying it?
> 
> 	-hpa
 
Hi Peter,

My assumption is that having a specific and adequate "reply-to" field 
reduces the chances of accidentally replying to the original senders 
(as oppose to sending the reply to the distribution list).

For "frequent repliers" of this mailing list, the possibility of 
replying to an original sender (instead of replying to the list) 
might happen by mistake.

Newcomers (or people more used to popular and newer "social media" 
than to "good old plain mailing lists"), by not having an adequate 
"reply-to" field could, inadvertently, send replies to personal 
addresses of other members of the list, instead of replying to the 
list itself.

I am not sure how the reply-to field is annoying, but I guess it 
depends on the particular email client and on how each one manages 
it.

To be clear, I don't object to trying this change. I just fear of the 
aforementioned potential consequences.

Regards,
Ady.

On Mar 14, 2014 3:41 PM, "Ady" <ady-sf at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A few years ago, at popular request, I changed the default of the list
> > to have a Reply-To: pointing at the list.  I personally find it very
> > annoying, and I would like to change the default back.
> >
> > Would people object to trying it?
> >
> >       -hpa
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> My assumption is that having a specific and adequate "reply-to"
field
> reduces the chances of accidentally replying to the original senders
> (as oppose to sending the reply to the distribution list).
>
> For "frequent repliers" of this mailing list, the possibility of
> replying to an original sender (instead of replying to the list)
> might happen by mistake.
>
> Newcomers (or people more used to popular and newer "social
media"
> than to "good old plain mailing lists"), by not having an
adequate
> "reply-to" field could, inadvertently, send replies to personal
> addresses of other members of the list, instead of replying to the
> list itself.
>
> I am not sure how the reply-to field is annoying, but I guess it
> depends on the particular email client and on how each one manages
> it.
>
> To be clear, I don't object to trying this change. I just fear of the
> aforementioned potential consequences.
>
> Regards,
> Ady.
I too am curious at how this is annoying.  I find it generally useful but
even with reply-to and the message on the bottom I find users/mailers still
emailing me directly rather than the list.

--Gene