Re: [Gnu-arch-users] "reply all" etiquette: reply-all vs. reply'ing to list

[John Meinel]

Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Well, I can understand how he feels, since have gotten to that
> point of being _really, really sick of duplicate emails_!
>
> Thus my email to the list.
>
> Does anyone object if we change the recommended standard for
> this list to:
>
> reply-list
>
> unless an original poster specifically requests a CC ??
>
> That is (obviously) my preference?
>
> TIA
> Zen

Well, actually on many mailing lists there is a configure option for 
"don't CC an email from the list to me, if I'm already in the list of 
recipients."

I use that on a couple other mailing lists I'm on, and it seems to work 
quite well. You can reply-all, and then the list takes care of not 
sending duplicates. If you log into 
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users/

The very last entry is "Avoid duplicate copies of messages?". Set that 
to Yes, it should help.

Actually, the bigger problem I have is that the list puts itself in 'To' 
but not From, so a plain Reply only replies to the person. I'm not sure 
why, the other mailing lists I'm on put themselves as the Reply-To:

Also, the list is closed. I've have a collection email, and when I send 
I have to remember to change my From address, or it bounces. So 
reply-list should be safe, since you have to be on the list to send to it.

What I would like to see is the list set Reply-To, then just plain reply 
is reply-list.

John
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