On Tue, March 2, 2010 10:04 am, Mike Miller wrote:
> I think we should have the list do "Reply-To" because (1) I often get
> replies sent to me and not to the list when they were clearly meant for
> the list -- that happens more on this list than elsewhere, and (2) I'm
> used to lists that use "Reply-To" so that the keystrokes I'm used to
> performing will send my message "to all" on TCLUG instead of just to the
> list (what I want).  The argument against fixing this seems pretty weak to
> me.

Half the time I have a Reply-To-List function available, half the time I
don't. This is due to restrictions on a corporate firewall - I have to use
web-mail to read list mail from work, I use mutt at home.

If you're going to tell me 'get a client that had Reply-To-List', then you
better be able to tell me about one that I can use that has that. Does
anyone know of a web-mail client that implements Reply-To-List?

Personally, I find setting a Reply-To header to make the default reply go
to the list to be something that encourages community. I joined to
interact with many people, I _want_ to interact with many people - why
make it harder?

For a face-to-face analog - if I'm at a party, the default interaction is
with anyone within ear-shot at the party. If I want private communication
with a fellow attendee, I have to make an effort to achieve that privacy.
I find mailing lists to have an analog to that - most mailing lists are
set up because a community wants to talk to itself. Why make it harder to
maintain the sense of community?

-- 
Scott Raun
sraun at fireopal.org