[Haskell-cafe] [off-topic / administrative] List Reply-to

Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho antti-juhani at kaijanaho.fi
Wed Oct 11 05:07:35 EDT 2006


Mikael Johansson wrote:
> * It provides no benefit to the user of a reasonable mailer.
> 
> I disagree. I find it annoying to no end to either
> 1) get multiple copies of mails concerning discussions I participate in or
> 2) have to manually re-edit the header each and every time I want to
> keep a discussion on a mailing list, possibly with added trouble finding
> the right adress to send to

This just proves that you are not using a reasonable mailer.  I just
clicked on the "reply to list" button to make this message, no need to
edit headers.

> * It penalizes the person with a reasonable mailer in order to coddle
> those running brain-dead software.
> 
> I don't agree. I view pine as something that should be classified as
> reasonable, and I feel penalized by non-munging.

If pine does not provide reply to list, it is not a reasonable mailer
for list use.



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