[CREATE] LGM 2010: sponsoring

[a.l.e]

hi dave,
>>> @ List owner: can this list be configured to reply to list itself?
>>>       
>> been there, asked that, agree with you that it is the better of two less-than-
>> perfect choices to encourage participation/contribution.
>>
>> When I asked a couple of years back, Jon shared the admin password with me. 
>> Then I realized that this is an endless debate. A Pandora box. I would make 
>> many people unhappy by changing *their* list. So I decided to forget the admin 
>> password, learned to press "A" in Kmail and to deal with the nuisance of 
>> private messages on list aliases (which usually land in my spam box and I 
>> don't get to read).
>>     
>
> As the creator of the list, I usually point people to this:
> http://producingoss.com/en/mailing-lists.html#reply-to
>
> This explains the tos & cons, and Karl leans slightly to my side of the
> argument :) I prefer lists that don't set reply-to, but I participate in
> both kinds, and appreciate that there is no black & white 100% answer.
>
> This section also points to the two canonical rants pro & con reply-to.
>   


imho, it depends on the type of the list, too.

this list:
- accepts only mails from registered people and
- (as far as i can tell) we wish to keep public the discussion started here

i may have read a bit too fast the page you referenced, but i don't see 
any of the arguments against setting the reply-to field fit to this list.


personally, i also would welcome, being able to answer to the list 
without having to try three times with different shortcuts.


but, let's ask the question:

- is there anybody in here, who needs the current behaviour and would 
have problems if the reply-to field is set to the mailing list?

(in this case, i prefere to hear about practical problems, not about 
ethical ones...)

and: is there a way to know what the participants to this list prefere?

ciao
a.l.e