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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Improved Reply-All behaviour
From:       Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-09-11 22:49:46
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On Thursday 11 September 2003 23:21, Dirk Mueller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> below a patch for your consideration that changes the way KMail
> handles the "Reply All" feature.
>
> Assuming you're discussing things in private email with multiple
> persons, so you have multiple addresses on CC. With this patch, KMail
> will implement the following behaviour:
>
> a) The generated "To" header will contain the previous From: and
>    the Reply-To (if it exists). BTW I'm still not happy that
> "Reply-All" currently adds both the Reply-To and the From header (if
> they're different and not a mailinglist) to the recipients list, but
> thats the way it is currently.

The "BTW" is fixed.

> b) all those, who were previously listed on "To" are added to the
> generated CC: header, unless they're already somewhere added or one
> of your own email addresses.
>
> This way the "To" header contains the person you're replying to, and
> CC: contains the list of the other interested parties. I believe this
> is much more logical, because "To" now lists the person you are
> replying _to_, instead of the one the person you are replying to was
> replying to (yes its confusing :) ).

Hmm, it might be more logical, but is it also more intuitive? I'm not 
against this change, but I'd like to hear some more opinions.

> Looking for a KDE-related EMail-Alias ? Get one at kdemail.net for 
FREE! <

Hmm. "Could not connect to host www.kdemail.net". Is this server already 
online?

Regards,
Ingo

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