OT: reply-to [was Re: iplayer audio to lpcm]

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2014/11/08 14:32, Dave Liquorice wrote:
> <cough> Me to. Read it in an email list or newsgroup the default
> reply should be back to the list/group otherwise threads dive off into
> private email. The use of Reply All means that the sender has to edit
> the recipient's or the recipient annoyingly gets the posting twice.

Just use reply all. If somebody doesn't like duplicates, they can go
to http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/options/get_iplayer and set
"Avoid duplicate copies of messages?" to yes.

> Probably in the best part of a couple of dozen lists, all but two or
> three set the Reply To: back to the list.

It's the other way round for me, the majority of lists I'm on do not
override Reply-To. On the whole, technical lists are less likely to
do that.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen Smith <owen.smith at cantab.net>
> 
> Blasted mailing list, I sent the message below as a personal reply,
> AGAIN.

Better that than send a mail intended to be private to the list :-)