[Tutor] Set Reply-To field to Tutor at python.org

[Kushal Kumaran]

Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin at gmail.com> writes:

> I have both sent and received messages on this list that went off-list
> by mistake. It's an easy mistake to make that you use reply instead of
> reply-all and then the message goes just to one person instead of the
> whole list.
>
> This problem is not unique to the python-tutor. I see it happening
> often on other mailing lists (often it's noticeable by the fact that
> someone forwards an off-list message back to the list which can
> sometimes break the threading of email software).
>
> One particular list that I receive has recently made an administrative
> change so that, from now on, all emails have the "Reply-To" header set
> to the list address. This means that the default behaviour when
> replying to a message is that the reply goes to the list. I think that
> this is the right thing to do by default since replying off-list is
> much less common and more likely to be something that you are
> consciously aware of when you do it.
>
> The change seems to have gone down well on the other list so I
> wondered: could it be done for this list as well?
>

To summarize existing opinions on this matter:

http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/listreplyto.html

You might want to familiarize yourself with existing literature on the
matter before starting a new flame war.

-- 
regards,
kushal