why doesn't have this list a "reply-to" ?

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 18:17:42 EDT 2007


stef mientki wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I'm always have great difficulties, replying to this beautiful and 
> helpful list.
> 
> When I hit the reply button,
> the message is sent personally to the sender and not to the list.
> I've subscribed to dozen's of lists,
> and all have an "reply-to" address, that points to list and not to the 
> individual.

It's not universal. Many people consider it harmful. Google "reply-to considered
harmful" for a variety of opinions, for and against.

I use GMane to read and post to this list because I like my lists to act like
USENET.

  http://gmane.org

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco




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