[josm-dev] Mailing list configuration - reply address

[Mike N.]

>  Am 19.08.2010 19:57, schrieb Simone Cortesi:
>> a reply-to sent directly to the user is there just to prevent somebody
>> sending a personal mail to the whole list.

   Because of the way most OSM lists are set up, I accidentally sent a 
personal email to the whole list back when I was starting...

> A "Reply-To:" header makes it difficult to reply to the author.

   That is the odd case.   95% of the time it is appropriate to reply to the 
list to share the knowledge.

> Especially the subscribers of a developers' mailing list should know how 
> to use (and configure) their MUA.

  Most popular MUAs have no special handling for the case of reply-to-list. 
I know the list setup won't change, but I thought I'd add my opinion.  <g>