[GNC] List Replies

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 16 Nov 2020 05:33:31 -0800 Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> That seems like an unnecessary dichotomy.  Perhaps it's a limitation of
> mailman, or our ability to administer?  On the other list I belong to that
> server causes either reply type to default to only the list server without
> obscuring the originator's address.

Those lists are almost impossible to make *private* replies, without being a 
near computer-Guru.

Note I manage a list populated by people who are mostly non-techies, which is 
a "standard" Mailman list and is set up much like this list and these 
non-techies have no problem replying to the list and making private replies as 
appropriate.  *It Is Not Rocket Science.*  

> 
> 
> 
> Kind regards, Greg Feneis
> (Pixel 3)
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 05:20 Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> 
> > Greg,
> >
> > This topic comes up about once a year or so, usually closer to Spring as
> > people start working on their taxes and asking for help.
> >
> > In short, yes, mailman COULD be set up to set the Reply-To the list.  The
> > downside of that approach is that it makes it MUCH MUCH harder (nearly
> > impossible) to make an off-list (private) reply.  The decision, which has
> > been made over and over again over the past 20 years, is that making it
> > POSSIBLE to make a private reply is more important than making it always
> > reply-to-list.
> >
> > This is why every message has a note to remind people to Reply-All.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > On Mon, November 16, 2020 8:06 am, Greg Feneis wrote:
> > > Hi friends,
> > >
> > > A frequent encounter on this list is members replying to an email's
> > > originator and not to the list server.
> > >
> > > In the grand scheme, not a big deal. However, other lists I belong to
> > > don't
> > > seem to have this issue.  I'm wondering if a list server setting could
> > > help.
> > >
> > > For this other list I belong to, when I receive an email, it appears to
> > > come from the originator's name and email address.  But, no matter if I
> > > use
> > > reply, or reply-all, the initial email composition only ever begins with
> > > the list server as the only recipient.
> > >
> > > I imagine this feature has to do with the construction of the email
> > > messages being sent from the server to the list members.
> > >
> > > Could our mailman server be set to do the same thing?🤔
> > >
> > > Kind regards, Greg Feneis
> > > (Pixel 3)
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> > --
> >        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
> >        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
> >        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
> >
> >
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