[Air-l] Answering questions on mailing lists & general mailing list notes

[radhika gajjala]

when you think about it, I wonder why the designers (of mailman) 
didn't think to include that option.

There is an option that asks if you want to receive your own posts to 
the list (and I never saw the rationale behind asking that question - 
but maybe in some designer's logic it does)

r

>hmm, i don't think that there is an individual level configuration 
>for this in mailman.  if there was, this would be a moot point, it 
>would be 'let each person choose' on th eserver.  The default setting 
>is the only setting on the server side.  Keep in mind, you can always 
>configure your mail client to only reply to the 'From:' address (well 
>if you use a client that actually gives you control of your  mail).  
>Your  e-mail does not have to follow the list rules, you are correct 
>in that Ellis, each person can do what they want on the client side.  
>I was speaking only about the server side defaults before, each 
>person has client side defaults that may or may not be able to 
>configure.
>On Dec 16, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Ellis Godard wrote:
>
>>  It's not possible for the *default* to be reply-all but for those 
>>  interested
>>  in saving the costs of individual embarrassment (or, perhaps, those
>>  knowingly less savvy) to be able to reconfigure, right?
>
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