Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?

[Nikolaus Rath]

On Mar 12 2016, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Nikolaus Rath <address@hidden>
>> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:32:49 -0800
>> 
>> On Mar 11 2016, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >> From: Nikolaus Rath <address@hidden>
>> >> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:08:09 -0800
>> >> 
>> >> Please do not Cc me on replies, I am reading the list.
>> >
>> > That's the standard way of replying to a message: to the From address
>> > and to the CC address.  I edited out yours this time, but I cannot
>> > afford doing that every time; if you want not to receive direct
>> > replies, you will have to configure your MUA to insert the necessary
>> > headers (like Mail-followups-to etc.).
>> 
>> Well, my messages all contain both:
>> 
>> Mail-Copies-To: never
>> Mail-Followup-To: address@hidden
>> 
>> ..is there any other convention that I'm not yet following?
>
> I think you need "Reply-to: address@hidden" as well.

That's not a good idea, because it robs any reader of the choice of
sending a personal or public reply.

See http://cr.yp.to/proto/replyto.html for a more detailed discussion.


Best,
-Nikolaus


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