Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-04 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 04 July 2010 05:21:33 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2010-07-03, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > The computer gods allow me two cock-ups a day. I'm already way over > > limit and using up half of next week's quota in advance > > > > That's what happens when you try to work, answer list mail and

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2010-07-03 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-07-03, Alan McKinnon wrote: > The computer gods allow me two cock-ups a day. I'm already way over > limit and using up half of next week's quota in advance > > That's what happens when you try to work, answer list mail and watch > the World Cup in your back yard all at the same time!

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2010-07-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-07-02, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:19:36 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> Not really. The OP's choice of mail client isn't going to change >> what happens when people reply to his postings. He wants "reply-to" >> to contain his address as well as the list address s

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:19:36 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > Not really. The OP's choice of mail client isn't going to change what > happens when people reply to his postings. He wants "reply-to" to > contain his address as well as the list address so that he gets a > direct response and does

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2010-07-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-07-02, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote: >> Dale writes: >> > Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: >> >>> I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing >> >>> the 'Reply-To' header to the maili

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 02 July 2010 12:38:05 Nuno J. Silva wrote: > Or is Nicolas looking to reply to everyone when he writes? That would be > bad, as there are people who prefer to receive messages through the > list or using NNTP. I think Nicolas is seeking to get mail to do something it was not designed to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Dale
Nuno J. Silva wrote: Alan McKinnon writes: On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote: Is there a way for someone to add another address to Reply-To? (Does the list management software overwrite the header or just appends its address?) Such a way would suit the OP and

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2010-07-02 Thread Nuno J. Silva
Alan McKinnon writes: > On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote: >> Is there a way for someone to add another address to Reply-To? (Does the >> list management software overwrite the header or just appends its >> address?) >> >> Such a way would suit the OP and people who don't want

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-02 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 02 July 2010 12:01:09 Nuno J. Silva wrote: > Dale writes: > > Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > >>> I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing > >>> the 'Reply-To' header to the mailing list address. Most mailing > >>> lists I

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2010-07-02 Thread Nuno J. Silva
Dale writes: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: >> >> >>> I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing >>> the 'Reply-To' header to the mailing list address. Most mailing >>> lists I use don't do that. >>> >>> It is usually better and p

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mailing list policy on reply

2010-07-01 Thread Dale
Grant Edwards wrote: On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing the 'Reply-To' header to the mailing list address. Most mailing lists I use don't do that. It is usually better and prefer the "answer to all" policy as it pe

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2010-07-01 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-07-02, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > I'm often stucked by the current policy in this mailing list changing > the 'Reply-To' header to the mailing list address. Most mailing > lists I use don't do that. > > It is usually better and prefer the "answer to all" policy as it > permit to be notifi