default "reply-to-all" (was Re: FrameMaker 8.0.3 Update NowAvailable (POSSIBLE WORKAROUND))

[Paul Findon]

On 16 May 2008, at 18:36, <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>  
<Syed.Hosain at aeris.net> wrote:

>> Paul Findon wrote (in part):
>>> Hedley is not asking for a "reply-to-all." What he, I and, no doubt,
>>> others want is "reply-to-list." In other words, when you click your
>>> Reply button, by default, messages are addressed to the list.
>
> Terrible approach!! The e-mail client world has been relying on  
> "Reply"
> only going to the sender for a long, long time! Changing this behavior
> is likely to be far more prone to error, IMHO.
>
> And, FWIW, there is no "Reply-to-list" in my e-mail clients at all.  
> How
> would Outlook or Thunderbird even know these e-mails were from a  
> "list"?
>
> Isn't a "list" just like a giant e-mail alias (where people can
> add/remove themselves without needing an alias administrator)?
>
>>> I've been using lists since 1993 and running several since 1996, and
>>> Framers is the only list I've ever come across that works this way.
>
> Hmmm ... not my experience. The lists that I am on send this stuff  
> to me
> via e-mail. It is my e-mail client behavior that governs how the
> addressing is done ... nothing to do with the list.

Mailman (the mailing list manager used for Framers), LISTSERV, Yahoo  
Groups, and other mailing list programs allow the list owner to  
specify whether or not message replies are sent to the list (normal,  
IMHO) or sender only. If it's list, the mailing list program  
automatically adds a "Reply-To" field to the headers of messages sent  
out to subscribers that contains the list address, and when they  
click Reply in their e-mail client, the Reply-To address is used. If  
there's no Reply-To field, as is the case with Framers, the e-mail  
client uses the address in the From field.

If you take a look at the headers of messages from other groups that  
you subscribe to, it's likely that you'll see a Reply-To field. Look  
at the headers of Framers messages, on the hand, and you won't.

I'm currently on eight lists. Seven of them add a Reply-To field so  
that replies go the list. Framers is the odd one out.

FWIW, I've setup and run lists using LISTSERV and Yahoo Groups.

Paul

PS: It just happened again. I meant to send this to the list but it  
went to Z only. How did I discover this? A message I sent later  
appeared on the list before this one, so I checked the message I'd  
sent, noticed the addressing error and sent it again. Humbug!