Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: the dangers of no reply-to munging; Xouvert update

[Jonathan Walther]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:30:45AM +0200, Alexander Deruwe wrote:
> > So the responder fucked up, what about it?  Please, give it a rest.
>
> I sent the mentioned reply.  Miles is right here: I replied using 'r'
> instead of 'g' (group reply), so it's really my own fault.
> It can probably be attributed to it being the first list message after
> my vacation. :)
>
> (Heh, I just realize I started this reply with 'r' too, so I'll have to
> correct before sending. ;)

Not everyone uses mutt.  Pine, elm, Eudora, even Outlook Express are
common mail clients, and none of them have a concept of "group reply".
Email is one of those things that should "just work".  Remember TCP
supplanted the "official" OSI standard networking protocols.  I want
email to just work.

Jonathan

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