Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 01 Jun 2005 19:37:12 +0200 | From | Stefan Smietanowski <> | Subject | Re: [OT] mailing list management |
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Lukasz Stelmach wrote: > Bernd Petrovitsch napisał(a): > [...] > >>>I would even suggest placing real name in the reply to field next to >>>list's address. >> >>Sorry, but the writing the original senders name with the lists address >>into any header field is insane and totally unacceptable. > > > OK. I understand your and other's point of view. I just wanted to ask if > this is not a good idea. You say no, I accept it. > > These ideas make the mailing list resemble behavior of FidoNet echos and > GoldEd which were my first contact with e-mail conferences and I used to > like the way they worked. But that is completly different story. >
You're also missing another point.
If someone sends a mail to the list without being subscribed to it, and then you would write only to the list, the person asking the original question wouldn't get the answer.
In a small, closed list reply-to: set to the list is good, but not on an open list with people not subscribed answer.
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