reply list

[David DeHaven]

It all boils down to RFC-2822 superseding RFC-822 and the new language states that reply-to is an originator field supplied by the author alone. The list software should inject list headers as outlined in RFC-2369, one such header is List-Post which provides an address to send responses to the list at, then it's up to the client to decide whether to use From, Reply-To or List-Post when composing a response.

This list conforms to RFC-2369 and provides such a field:
List-Post: <mailto:openjfx-dev at openjdk.java.net>

If you want the default reply action to post to the list then you must configure your client to do so, there is nothing to be done on the list side.

-DrD-

> First, my comment was not any official position (as I said "I" prefer).
> 
> A reply may not always be an answer.  I'm implying no hide-and-seek here, but intentionally I may want to clarify something before I make an informed public response, or hash out some half-baked ideas in private before bringing them to list in a "more well baked" form.  If I feel I am speaking from a position of knowledge then I will, quite instinctively, hit Reply-To-All and not even have to think about whether my message is reaching people.
> 
> To avoid beating this issue any further - my general feelings are summarized well by resources found at the following page:
> 
> http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/listreplyto.html
> 
> which points primarily to this really well written message on the topic:
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> 
> (and also includes a pointer to a counter-point that he refutes as well in another link...)
> 
> 			...jim
> 
> On 10/10/12 4:26 PM, Debasish Ray Chawdhuri wrote:
>> Since the question was asked on the mailing list, other people
>> following the mailing list should get the answers. There is no
>> hide-and-seek here. Most of the time you should not contact the sender
>> directly. Just in case you do (for whatever weird reason, is it too
>> bad to be shared?), you can still copy address of the sender.
>> 
>> You may be thinking of the mailing list as some kind of help forum,
>> where you are the expert and and resolve people's problems, so you
>> give an answer only to them. But that should not be the intention of
>> the list. It is more made for a community discussion. When you give an
>> answer, other people should be able to see that answer and ask more
>> questions or possibly challenge your answer. This is how a community
>> should work.
>> 
>> Why do you want to deal with individuals?
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Jim Graham<james.graham at oracle.com>  wrote:
>>> Indeed I prefer it this way as I don't always want to burden the list with
>>> my replies.
>>> 
>>> This list gives the option, but "Reply-To-List" lists don't have any
>>> convenient way to reply to just the sender...
>>> 
>>>                         ...jim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10/10/12 12:06 PM, Tom Eugelink wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> <sidebar>
>>>>>> ps. why doesn't the list set the mailing list as the reply to?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> Grrr. ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> In Thunderbird I have a "reply" and "reply list" button, only for these
>>>> mailinglist emails.
>>>> 
>>>> Tom
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>>