[Nut-upsuser] Keeping the traffis on or off the list ?

[Harlan Stenn]

I'd bet the following is news to nobody.

Some of us Dislike setting Reply-To: at all.

If it exists, there's an expectation that it should be followed.  Some 
folks will want to reply to the sender, others to the list.  So no 
matter which way is chosen, one group will be disappointed.  An email 
client that makes it difficult for the user to override Reply-To: ... 
makes it ... difficult.

*Not* setting Reply-To: lets the recipient decide.

The downside there is that it means the recipient has to put a bit of 
thought in to where the reply should go.

But at least this way, at least some of us believe that the 
responsibility lands where it should.

On 2/17/2024 12:29 AM, Roger Price via Nut-upsuser wrote:
> I recently wrote to the list.  The distributed message had the following 
> headers:
> 
>> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:22:59 +0100 (CET)
>> From: Roger Price via Nut-upsuser <nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net>
>> Reply-To: Roger Price <roger at rogerprice.org>
>> To: nut-upsuser Mailing List <nut-upsuser at lists.alioth.debian.org>
>> Subject: ...
> 
> Note that the Reply-To goes back to the original poster, not the list.
> Many mailing lists encourage the subscribers to "keep the list traffic 
> on the list", rather than wandering off into private discussions.  The 
> nut-upsuser setup has exactly the opposite effect.
> 
> Is it the intention to send the subscibers into private conversation?  
> If not, and I suspect not, then the current Reply-To looks like a bug.
> 
> Any replies to the list please.  Roger
> 
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