[LAU] (OT) list addresses (was Re: Audio distros)

[James Stone]

On Feb 18, 2013 4:15 PM, "Chris Bannister" <cbannister at slingshot.co.nz>
wrote:
>
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 09:58:35PM +0100, Robin Gareus wrote:
> >
> > All "replies" should to the sender only. The lists.linuxaudio.org does
> > not munge the headers. It's up to you and your MUA.
>
> Except for this option in the settings page:
>
> <begin>
> Avoid duplicate copies of messages?
>
> When you are listed explicitly in the To: or Cc: headers of a list
> message, you can opt to not receive another copy from the mailing list.
> Select Yes to avoid receiving copies from the mailing list; select No to
> receive copies.
>
> If the list has member personalized messages enabled, and you elect to
> receive copies, every copy will have a X-Mailman-Copy: yes header added
> to it.
>
> (*) No
> ( ) Yes
>
> <begin/>
>
> The default is yes! :( The wording is a bit confusing, as it seems to be
> favouring MUA's that don't have a List reply, 'L' as far as mutt is
> concerned.

I think this seems a good option. If you switch it off I guess you need to
be ready to get a lot of duplicate mails because a lot of mail clients
don't support reply to list properly, and web-based clients like google
certainly don't.

Personally I got tired of having to manage a mountain of local mail and so
just leave it on the server.... probably bad practice but I really don't
care! With this I found the web interface far more convenient than any
standalone mail client. Also better on the move.. also:

Some think it is better netiquette to reply-all anyway:

http://david.woodhou.se/reply-to-list.html

Not certain I agree with this tho..

James
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