From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 05:23:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A02FB1065672 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:23:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za) Received: from hermes.hst.org.za (onix.hst.org.za [209.203.2.133]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C51578FC1C for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:23:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za) Received: from [10.1.11.1] ([10.1.11.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by hermes.hst.org.za (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2M5NVTU094603 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:23:32 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za) From: Jonathan McKeown To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:24:05 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <1206146157.6973.21.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <9CA3D4489328B8E911387EE0@Macintosh.local> <1206160383.6973.42.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <1206160383.6973.42.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> X-Face: $@VrUx^RHy/}yu]jKf/<4T%/d|F+$j-Ol2"2J$q+%OK1]&/G_S9(=?utf-8?q?HkaQ*=60!=3FYOK=3FY!=27M=60C=0A=09aP=5C9nVPF8Q=7DCilHH8l=3B=7E!4?= =?utf-8?q?2HK6=273lg4J=7Daz?=@1Dqqh:J]M^"YPn*2IWrZON$1+G?oX3@ =?utf-8?q?k=230=0A=0954XDRg=3DYn=5FF-etwot4U=24b?=dTS{i X-Spam-Score: -4.366 () ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.61 on 209.203.2.133 Subject: Re: List replies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:23:58 -0000 On Saturday 22 March 2008 06:33, Da Rock wrote: > On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 22:38 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > --On March 22, 2008 1:10:40 PM +1000 Da Rock > > > > wrote: > > > On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 02:58 +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:35:57AM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > >> > This may have been suggested or discussed before, but is there a > > >> > reason why the reply-to on this list isn't the list itself instead > > >> > of the person who posted? Ie reply-to: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > >> > > >> Because many people who ask questions here are not subscribed to the > > >> list and thus would not see any answers that were sent only to the > > >> list. > > > > > > Well that certainly explains it, but it does surprise me. I thought > > > you'd have to subscribe to post. > > > > And *I* thought it was proper etiquette to only reply to the list. > > Me too. This discussion takes place regularly on every mailing list in existence. The main arguments against it seem to be that a) it might trash an existing reply-to header and make it impossible to send an individual reply; b) in the event of user error it fails safely - list reply ends up going to an individual - rather than the potentially catastrophic private-reply-to-publically-archived-mailing-list failure. Google for reply-to munging considered harmful for more argument on both sides. As regards copying the original recipients, this list specifically requests it: check the regular posting titled ``how to get best results from freebsd-questions'', particularly para VII.6. Jonathan