[OSM-talk] mailing list behavior

[Lance Dyas]

vegard wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 09:05:56PM +0200, Sascha Silbe wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 01:39:33PM -0500, Lance Dyas wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> The default responder  to public conversation venues
>>> needs to be to just that ...
>>>       
>> There's no way OSM could change that default, it's up to your MUA 
>> vendor. The buttons you're currently using are "reply" (with an implied 
>> "to author") and "reply to all", not "reply (default)" and "reply 
>> (alternative)".
>>     
>
> Actually, yes and no.
>
> the mailing-list *could* add a reply-to header, to the list-adress. It's
> not a fool-proof method (what if the user also adds one?), but it makes an
> effort, at least, to tell the users that the reply-to should go to the
> list.
>   
This works great actually didnt realize that the header wasnt there... 
sure enough most of my
lists have a reply to header/go figure.. the odd man out are not more 
technically correct they are just
inconvenient on purpose and claiming to be more correct.