[meta] reply to the list

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Feb 26, 2013, at 3:41 PM, Jan Stary <hans at stare.cz> wrote:
> If you reply to a message to this list on this list
> (as opposed to off-list), please reply To: the list.

meh

This is people doing 'reply-all' since few graphical MUAs do 'List-Reply'

> Increasingly often, I see people replying To: the original
> poster, with Cc: to the list. Such a message does reach
> the recipients, but
> 
> (1) it breaks the list functionality:
>    none of the List-* headers is present in the message.
>    Many people, me included, filter by sych headers.

It doesn't break anything. The message as delivered by the mailing list still contains the list headers.

> (2) it is redundant - the original poster
>    is subscribed to the list.

yep, but for some workflows this is better/intended

(ie, if you filter list traffic to a list-specific mailbox, you can get instant notification in your 'main' INBOX when someone replies to a thread you are participating in).

It's also not too difficult to set up procmail to munge this behavior into whatever you want to have happen... 

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