Re: request mailing list settings

[Paul Scott]

ario wrote:

> When I receive a message from this mailing list, often I hit reply and
> answer the message, to find out later that my reply only has been sent
> to the private mail address of the sender of the original message which
> I'm replying to.
> This poor person then has to send me an e-mail asking me to keep the
> discussion in the mailing list. And I have then to resend the message to
> the mailing list itself. 
> This I think is waste of time and energy and could be avoided by setting
> the mailing list parameters (if possible) such that, when replying, the
> reply is sent to the mailing list itself, not to the original sender.
>
> Wouldn't it be as simple as letting the mailing list server insert
> something like
> X-Reply-to: address@hidden
> or something like that into the header of the forwarded mails?
>
> It's not that I (and several other list members) am too lazy to change
> the header, but sometimes (or more often than not :)  I simply forget to
> do this.
I have agreed with you for quite some time since I subscribe to quite a 
few lists that are set up like this one.  I have made the mistakes you 
have made often.

OTOH I appreciate that many lists like this one are set up so that 
people who are not subscribed to the list can also post.  What I have 
started to do is to choose "Reply All" and then adjust the header as 
necessary.  This works for this list as well as for subscriber-only 
lists.  I suggest you consider developing this habit as a compromise 
that should benefit all.  If the list is changed as you suggest then all 
non-subscribers will not receive the benefit of seeing your 
contributions to this list unless they constantly search the archives.

Then again allowing non-subscribers to post does invite SPAM so there 
might not be a simple solution here but the "Reply All" solution works 
for me.

Regards,

Paul Scott