[GNC] List Replies

[Adrien Monteleone]

Yeah, perhaps I'm not understanding something, but if the list server is 
configured with the list address in the reply-to header, but *does not* 
hide the individual's personal address (as described by Greg) how hard 
is it for someone to copy and paste that address in a new compose window 
in the 'to' field? And to make it even easier, most mail apps have a 
feature that if you select *any* e-mail address, you can get a context 
menu to send a new message to that address!

So the default behavior would be reply-to-list, and if the *OFF* chance 
you *might* want to privately reply, you can still do so. (note, private 
replies to this list are discouraged, so why make it the default?!)

That way you don't have to rely on people understanding 'reply-all' or 
'reply-list' explicitly, and you can still reply privately *very easily* 
if you want to.

Regards,
Adrien

On 11/16/20 8:08 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
> 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.*
>
>>
>>
>> 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.