ANNOUNCE: List Reply-To change

[Jonathan Morton]

>Every time a Reply-To change is discussed the above URL is mention.  I
>will now do my end and link to the Response:
>
>http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml
>
>If we are taking a vote, I say keep the Reply-To the way it is now (to
>the list).

Thank you.  It's nice to hear a sensible voice.

For an announcement list, it is indeed sensible to leave Reply-To 
off, and to direct replies to the original author.  For a discussion 
list, I cannot see the point of *not* having Reply-To.  As the above 
rebuttal points out, it results in multiple duplicate messages and 
extra work.

I should also point out that the majority of mailing lists today use 
Reply-To.  To *not* use Reply-To in this situation confuses users. 
Including me.  The majority of my e-mail traffic, both incoming and 
outgoing, is mailing lists which use Reply-To.  The rest is personal 
e-mail.

In both cases, to further the discussion, I need only hit Command-R. 
This is a perfectly logical and consistent response.  I shouldn't 
have to stop and think about whether the discussion is on a mailing 
list or not - it's a clear breach of prevailing Human Interface 
Guidelines.

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