[GNC] List Replies

[Adrien Monteleone]

I'll add Mail.app on MacOS to the list. The 'From:' header has a down 
arrow to the right of the address. (visible on hover) Clicking it brings 
up a context menu with 'New Mail' as an option. (There is also a 'Copy 
Address' option if one prefers) As well, any address in the body of a 
message has the same options.

Not certain about Mail.app on iOS, but I'd suspect there is a similar 
feature.


Regards,
Adrien

On 11/18/20 3:38 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
> You make a very good point here. I agree the list configuration should reflect our default
> behaviour. And given all mail clients I have seen make it easy to send a mail or reply to any
> visible header e-mail address (To, CC, From,...), the uncommon case of a private request is still
> readily available, but it does take explicit action. Making the desired behaviour default is
> actually good user experience.
> 
> For the record these are the mail clients I have looked at:
> - Kmail: provides direct reply to  or new message to any visible address.
> - Thunderbird: provides new message to any visible address
> - GMail: provides new message to any visible address, though it does take an extra click
> - K9-Mail (mobile): provides direct sending new mail to "from" address rather than reply-to
> address. Other visible addresses can't be targeted directly.
> 
> I'm extrapolating from this that any decent mail client has effectively a way to directly send a
> message to the address that appears in the from field instead of using the hidden reply-to.
> 
> 
> So to me the original argument that it would be much harder to send a private reply doesn't
> hold.
> 
> In fact as one on the other side of regularly receiving unwarranted private replies on my list
> posts, I actually prefer to make that process a bit harder (while still not difficult at all).