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Re: [cobalt-users] List "Reply-To" scheme changing
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] List "Reply-To" scheme changing
- From: Bruce Timberlake <Bruce.Timberlake@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Jun 10 17:29:01 2002
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Bruce Timberlake wrote:
>
> In the spirit of recent "topic appropriateness" discussions, and as an
> experiment to facilitate easier off-list replies to message senders, I have
> modified Mailman for cobalt-users to stop inserting a "Reply-To:" header
> pointed back at the list.
>
> This means that by default, if you just hit "Reply" your reply will go to
> the original sender of the message. You will need to choose "Group reply"
> or "Reply all" (actual option name/function depends on your mail client) to
> send back to the list.
>
> We'll try this for a while and see if it improves things. If you have
> comments, as always, send them to me off-list. :)
Ok, I see that a LOT of people know how to send off-list replies when they
want to!
Based on the immediate and overwhelming feedback I got, I have set the
Reply-To: munging back to the way it was... For those who liked it the
"new" way, sorry. Majority rules...
Can't say I didn't at least try it... :)
--
Bruce Timberlake
Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
E: bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx
T: 877-718-3569 / x69369