HELP!!!

[Liz]

On Tue, 06 Jan 2015 08:37:20 -0800
Kevin Wilson <kevin.wilson100 at shaw.ca> wrote:

> There are a couple of things about the Mailman setup for this list
> that puzzle me. I'm sure there are good reasons, of course...
> 
> 1) There's no list tag (eg [GNU]) in the subject line to make email 
> filters/message rules easy. When I setup a new Mailman list, it
> defaults to having one. Right now I'm using the "to" address to
> filter messages in Thunderbird, but that fails when someone replies
> to a poster and CC's the list.
> 
> 2) Instead of continually reminding people to CC the list, why not
> make the default reply action to reply to the list?
> 
> Kevin

0. They are historical. The question does get brought up periodically
on the list. The real answer is that this list is "old" and its
settings reflect the norms for then.

1. There is a List-Id you can read in the headers
List-Id: General Accounting Discussions <gnucash-user.gnucash.org>
My email client does sort on this.

2. That feature can be done in an email client.
(I have set it in mine)
I would be in favour of doing this, but its not my decision.


Mailman's advice is
"Where are replies to list messages directed?
Where are replies to list messages directed? Poster is strongly
recommended for most mailing lists.

This option controls what Mailman does to the Reply-To: header in
messages flowing through this mailing list. When set to Poster, no
Reply-To: header is added by Mailman, although if one is present in the
original message, it is not stripped. Setting this value to either This
list or Explicit address causes Mailman to insert a specific Reply-To:
header in all messages, overriding the header in the original message
if necessary (Explicit address inserts the value of reply_to_address).

There are many reasons not to introduce or override the Reply-To:
header. One is that some posters depend on their own Reply-To: settings
to convey their valid return address. Another is that modifying
Reply-To: makes it much more difficult to send private replies. See
`Reply-To' Munging Considered Harmful for a general discussion of this
issue. See Reply-To Munging Considered Useful for a dissenting opinion.

Some mailing lists have restricted posting privileges, with a parallel
list devoted to discussions. Examples are `patches' or `checkin' lists,
where software changes are posted by a revision control system, but
discussion about the changes occurs on a developers mailing list. To
support these types of mailing lists, select Explicit address and set
the Reply-To: address below to point to the parallel list."

The links are 
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml

Liz