Bill Baxter wrote:
> Did you guys make a conscious decision to have the matplotlib list
> send replies only to the sender of the message rather than the list?
This was a deliberate decision. At the time there was a discussion,
including a link to a very well written blog entry on the subject,
advocating the current practice.
As well written as that essay is, I think it's based on false
assumptions and inappropriate priorities.
I'm personally happy to change it but I currently mostly just use the
defaults. The mailman instructions encourage list admins to make
reply to posters the default. When I started using a new mail client
for this list (gmail) I had to train myself to hit 'a' (reply to all)
rather than 'r' (reply to sender). Now I've mostly gotten the routine
down so it is mostly a nonissue for me.
From mailman:
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the original message, it is not stripped. Setting this value to either
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There are many reasons not to introduce or override the Reply-To:
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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
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On 3/26/07, Christopher Barker <Chris.Barker@...259...> wrote:
Reply-To: header is added by Mailman, although if one is present in
Reply-To: header in all messages, overriding the header in the