[Mailman-Users] Reply to list instead of poster (was: Muti-Mailmaninstall)

[Mark Sapiro]

Allan Odgaard wrote:

>On 19 Jun 2008, at 08:38, adsarebad-at-......... wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> Also it seems clicking reply on a msg here does a off list reply. So  
>> all my previous reply`s were done off list.
>
>It is the default for new Mailman installs and the admin UI even has:
>
>     Where are replies to list messages directed?
>     Poster is strongly recommended for most mailing lists
>
>I never understood why they have this recommendation or even default  
>setting and it has always bothered me when lists I subscribe to does  
>not change away from the default (fortunately majority of lists _do_  
>change it).


The reasoning, including links to a couple of articles pro and con on
the subject, is explained on the page linked as "(Details for
reply_goes_to_list)". You have said in another thread that these links
contribute to excessive verbosity of the labels, but they often link
to useful supplemental information.
	

[...]
>So what exactly is the reason for this recommendation (and default)?


The principles of least harm and least surprise.


>And where do we lobby for a change? :)


You can continue this thread, or you can just search the archives of
this (and maybe the mailman-developers) list and see if you have
something new to add.

Note that the Mailman developers have strong opinions about this, and
it would take a new and compelling argument to change it.

-- 
Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net>        The highway is for gamblers,
San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan