[systemd-devel] Default reply to the mailing-list instead of sender

Michael Chapman mike at very.puzzling.org
Tue Dec 19 11:43:18 UTC 2017


On Tue, 19 Dec 2017, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> With most mailing-lists when replying with GMail a reply is default send to
> the mailing-list, but with this mailing-list it is default send to the
> sender. Would it be possible to change this?

Just use the "Reply all" functionality of your email client. I would be 
surprised if Gmail couldn't do this.

Recipients can elect to deduplicate the mail either on their local mail 
system or on the list server itself (by setting the "Avoid duplicate 
copies of messages?" option in their list preferences).

Mailman-based lists default to keeping the sender's From and Reply-to 
headers intact. Some of the reasons are described at:

   http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html

It's not mentioned there, but one thing I find nice about lists 
implementing this policy is that in many cases it allows me to post to the 
list, and get replies, without needing to be subscribed. This is handy for 
those times when you only have a one-off question.


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