From: J.B. Moreno (planb@newsreaders.com)
Date: Thu Jul 11 2002 - 13:36:41 CDT
On 7/11/02 6:03 AM, Charles Lindsey at <chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dirk Nimmich <nimmich@muenster.de> writes:
>> Right. That's why modern mail readers have functions to distinguish
>> between answers to the author only (reply), to the list only (list
>> reply), and to both (group reply).
>
> I have not yet seen a mail reader that is aware of whether or not a
> message came from a mailing list. How does it tell?
Configuration. I'm using Outlook Express for the Mac (which is not
particularly advanced, but is usable), and under the Tools menu is the
option "Mailing List Manager" where I can enter the address the mail is
coming from, the address list messages should go to, whether replies should
be treated specially and if so how (always reply to sender or always reply
to list address). When reading an incoming mail message, the reply commands
are under the Message menu and the options are "Reply", "Reply to all" and
"Reply to Sender".
As I said above, the mailing list manager allows me to customize how "Reply"
is handled.
This is basically how any modern mail client should handle the situation
(and per a recent discussion in demon.ip.support.turnpike, I understand it's
how Turnpike handles it, which makes Clive's use of "Reply group" rather
puzzling).
-- J.B. Moreno