From: Rob Wultsch <wultsch@gmail.com>
To: ries van Twisk <pg@rvt.dds.nl>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Annoying Reply-To
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:37:15 -0700
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In-Reply-To: <BFADCD42-73F9-47E8-989E-92FF353B9E55@rvt.dds.nl>
References: <200810231701.m9NH1ML21995@momjian.us>
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<BFADCD42-73F9-47E8-989E-92FF353B9E55@rvt.dds.nl>
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:42 AM, ries van Twisk <pg@rvt.dds.nl> wrote:
>
> On Oct 23, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Collin Kidder wrote:
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> Mikkel is right, every other well-organized mailing list I've ever been
>>>> on handles things the sensible way he suggests, but everybody on his side
>>>> who's been on lists here for a while already knows this issue is a dead
>>>> horse. Since I use the most advanced e-mail client on the market I just
>>>> work around that the settings here are weird, it does annoy me a bit anytime
>>>> I stop to think about it though.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I think this is the crux of the problem --- if I subscribed to multiple
>>> email lists, and some have "rely" going to the list and some have
>>> "reply" going to the author, I would have to think about the right reply
>>> option every time I send email.
>>>
>>> Fortunately, every email list I subscribe to and manage behaves like the
>>> Postgres lists.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I find it difficult to believe that every list you subscribe to behaves as
>> the Postgres list does. Not that I'm doubting you, just that it's difficult
>> given that the PG list is the ONLY list I've ever been on to use Reply as
>> just replying to the author. Every other list I've ever seen has reply as
>> the list address and requires Reply All to reply to the original poster.
>> Thus, I would fall into the category of people who have to think hard in
>> order to do the correct thing when posting to this list.
>>
>
> I have the same experience, only PG list seems to behave different.
>
> In my humble opinion I feel that I am subscribed to the list (It also says
> on the bottom Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (
> pgsql-general@postgresql.org)), so a reply (not reply all --- remove
> original author) should go back to the list where I am subscribed at, in in
> my opinion the source is the list aswell (that's why I am getting it in the
> first place).
>
I know of at least one other list that is similar: MySQL.
And I brought it up a year ago with no eventual change:
http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/209593
After a while you just get used to hitting reply all when you mean to reply
all. I now prefer (though not strongly) this setting.
--
Rob Wultsch
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