Re: [Gossip] Reply button - why not cc: the list?

2005-06-28 Thread Jeff Marshall
(Mail Archive admin jumping in) We don't want to post back to lists via the archive@mail-archive.com address. Spamming would be too easy and many lists want to have controlled subscriber/poster lists. We like the fact that no mail heads outbound from our server. Jeff Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Gossip] Reply button - why not cc: the list?

2005-06-28 Thread Stephen Turner
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Torsten Schlabach wrote: I think that even with two buttons you'd make casual surfers (people referred from Google, say) believe they can reply to the list when they can't. Can't they? The archive is subscribed to the list. So the archive would be able to send messages to

Re: [Gossip] Reply button - why not cc: the list?

2005-06-28 Thread Stephen Turner
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Dan Temple wrote: I had imagined two buttons: "Reply" and "Reply List". I think that even with two buttons you'd make casual surfers (people referred from Google, say) believe they can reply to the list when they can't. -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepag

Re: [Gossip] Reply button - why not cc: the list?

2005-06-28 Thread Dan Temple
I had imagined two buttons: "Reply" and "Reply List". It does depend on how the list is used, of course, but the idea is convenience for those list users who want to take part, but use a web interface to browse the discussion instead of getting all the mail. regards, /Dan Stephen Turner wro

Re: [Gossip] Reply button - why not cc: the list?

2005-06-28 Thread Stephen Turner
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Dan Temple wrote: Hi, I was wondering why the Reply button on mail-archive only generates a To: address to the previous mails originator. Mostly, one wants replies to cc: the list address (at least on the lists I deal with). Could this go on the feature wish-list? W

[Gossip] Reply button - why not cc: the list?

2005-06-28 Thread Dan Temple
Hi, I was wondering why the Reply button on mail-archive only generates a To: address to the previous mails originator. Mostly, one wants replies to cc: the list address (at least on the lists I deal with). Could this go on the feature wish-list? Ideally, the mail would also have the Refere