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> Users replying to mailing list threads frequently do not “reply to all”, so the filter I have for SourceHut lists does not apply and my inbox is noisy again.
by aidenn0 3y ago
> Users replying to mailing list threads frequently do not “reply to all”, so the filter I have for SourceHut lists does not apply and my inbox is noisy again.
The major webmail clients defaulting to "Reply to Sender" rather than "Reply to List" really broke mailing lists as a sane workflow for corroboration. Most traditional e-mail clients will reply to the list if you hit the "reply" button.
This is probably due to people accidentally sending company-wide replies to announcement lists (e.g. I did this when our company wide e-mail target changed from an alias to a list).
I'm guessing most list-servers don't make it easy to put a reply-to header on announcement lists where list-reply is typically wrong? Or if they do, most list administrators don't know about it?
I'm not sure I have a point to this other than "this is why we can't have nice things" as I find e-mail to be one of the better collaboration tools; everybody can use the client they prefer, and for the most part, things "just work" which is rather amazing.
- blacklion 3y agoGood mailing list management software substitute list address to "Reply-To" header, so even simple "Reply" works fine (all known MUIs respect "Reply-To"). But it is typically breaks DKIM signature :-(