[Dovecot] reply-to address of the list
Hi,
is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot@dovecot.org instead?
That way one has to either use "reply to all" in the MUA or manually enter dovecot@dovecot.org in any replies. And a "reply to all" duplicates postings because the posting once goes to the list and once to the original poster, that get's the reply twice then.
Or maybe I am missing something ... :-)
Udo
BestSolution.at GmbH http://www.bestsolution.at
On 12.1.2006 23:22, "Udo Rader" udo.rader@bestsolution.at wrote:
is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot@dovecot.org instead?
That way one has to either use "reply to all" in the MUA or manually enter dovecot@dovecot.org in any replies. And a "reply to all" duplicates postings because the posting once goes to the list and once to the original poster, that get's the reply twice then.
Or maybe I am missing something ... :-)
It has been discussed at least once before in this list. Basically not everyone wants it, and if you do you can set the header yourself.
I don't like it either with some lists. When I'm posting a question to a mailing list, I want to get a private reply since I'm not reading every single mail in the mailing list.
I guess it's the exact opposite when you're just trying to help people and don't really care all that much if you see the reply or not :)
On Thursday 12 Jan 2006 21:41, Timo Sirainen wrote:
I don't like it either with some lists. When I'm posting a question to a mailing list, I want to get a private reply since I'm not reading every single mail in the mailing list.
I guess it's the exact opposite when you're just trying to help people and don't really care all that much if you see the reply or not :)
Private replies make the archives less useful, though.
Anne
Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/)
Am Donnerstag, den 12.01.2006, 23:41 +0200 schrieb Timo Sirainen:
On 12.1.2006 23:22, "Udo Rader" udo.rader@bestsolution.at wrote:
is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot@dovecot.org instead?
That way one has to either use "reply to all" in the MUA or manually enter dovecot@dovecot.org in any replies. And a "reply to all" duplicates postings because the posting once goes to the list and once to the original poster, that get's the reply twice then.
Or maybe I am missing something ... :-)
It has been discussed at least once before in this list. Basically not everyone wants it, and if you do you can set the header yourself.
Didn't realize that mailman offered that choice, a cool feature.
I don't like it either with some lists. When I'm posting a question to a mailing list, I want to get a private reply since I'm not reading every single mail in the mailing list.
I guess it's the exact opposite when you're just trying to help people and don't really care all that much if you see the reply or not :)
:-), I think I see your point.
Udo
-- BestSolution.at GmbH http://www.bestsolution.at
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 22:56 +0100, Udo Rader wrote:
Am Donnerstag, den 12.01.2006, 23:41 +0200 schrieb Timo Sirainen:
On 12.1.2006 23:22, "Udo Rader" udo.rader@bestsolution.at wrote:
is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot@dovecot.org instead?
That way one has to either use "reply to all" in the MUA or manually enter dovecot@dovecot.org in any replies. And a "reply to all" duplicates postings because the posting once goes to the list and once to the original poster, that get's the reply twice then.
Or maybe I am missing something ... :-)
It has been discussed at least once before in this list. Basically not everyone wants it, and if you do you can set the header yourself.
Didn't realize that mailman offered that choice, a cool feature.
I didn't know about it either, but I still can't find it. Can someone point it out, pretty please?
Fredrik Tolf
Fredrik Tolf wrote:
I didn't know about it either, but I still can't find it. Can someone point it out, pretty please?
Fredrik Tolf
View the full headers of messages from this list, There's a batch of List-* headers. One of them being List-Post: which would be the address to use to post to the list! :) There's a whole pile of handy headers there.
Too bad I can't get the bloomin "display mailing list header" plugin to work with TB 1.5 *sigh*
Leeman
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 22:22 +0100, Udo Rader wrote:
Hi,
is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot@dovecot.org instead?
That way one has to either use "reply to all" in the MUA or manually enter dovecot@dovecot.org in any replies. And a "reply to all" duplicates postings because the posting once goes to the list and once to the original poster, that get's the reply twice then.
Or maybe I am missing something ... :-)
I take it you're using one of those semi-broken MUAs that doesn't have "Reply to List" functionality.
-- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams ivazquez@ivazquez.net http://fedora.ivazquez.net/
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Am Donnerstag, den 12.01.2006, 16:44 -0500 schrieb Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams:
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 22:22 +0100, Udo Rader wrote:
Hi,
is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot@dovecot.org instead?
That way one has to either use "reply to all" in the MUA or manually enter dovecot@dovecot.org in any replies. And a "reply to all" duplicates postings because the posting once goes to the list and once to the original poster, that get's the reply twice then.
Or maybe I am missing something ... :-)
I take it you're using one of those semi-broken MUAs that doesn't have "Reply to List" functionality.
Yes, indeed, and from time to time it even is fully-broken :-)
And as I see, it is the same one that you are using ...
-- BestSolution.at GmbH http://www.bestsolution.at
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 23:04 +0100, Udo Rader wrote:
And as I see, it is the same one that you are using ...
In that case try Ctrl-L.
-- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams ivazquez@ivazquez.net http://fedora.ivazquez.net/
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Since my very broken MUA (outlook xp) doesn't have reply-to-list...this is from my procmail recipe:
# Put mail from Dovecot into Dovecot Folder :0
^List-Id.*
{ :0f | formail -A 'Reply-To: dovecot@dovecot.org :0 $MAILDIR/.Lists.Dovecot/}
Jeff Graves, MCSA Image Source, Inc. 508.966.5200 x31
-----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:01 PM To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] reply-to address of the list
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 23:04 +0100, Udo Rader wrote:
And as I see, it is the same one that you are using ...
In that case try Ctrl-L.
-- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams ivazquez@ivazquez.net http://fedora.ivazquez.net/
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Udo Rader wrote:
is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot@dovecot.org instead?
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
While I do not agree with everything there, I think the main point is valid.
Personally, I use "Reply All" in Thunderbird, so the mail goes to the list and the author. If somebody wants no personal replies, he's free to set a reply-to header (like I do).
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 22:22 +0100, Udo Rader wrote: [...]
is there a chance to alter the list behaviour to not use the sender address of a posting in the reply-to field but dovecot@dovecot.org instead?
Please not. Thank you.
[ rant about the own MUA ]
Fix your MUA or change it.
Or maybe I am missing something ... :-)
Yes, you kill the possibility for people to use the Reply-To: Header on their own. And more can be read under the repyl-to-considered-harmful link in another email.
Bernd-- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services
participants (9)
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Anne Wilson
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Bernd Petrovitsch
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Fredrik Tolf
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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
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Jakob Hirsch
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Jeff Graves
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Leeman Strout
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Timo Sirainen
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Udo Rader