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List:       sylpheed
Subject:    [sylpheed:17440] Reply to list when list is neither To nor From
From:       TomF <TomF () sjpc ! org>
Date:       2002-11-30 4:55:24
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I clicked an entry in the Inbox folder to display the forwarded message.  Then I clicked the reply \
button, and did not notice that the To address had been set to \
bastille-linux-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net in the Compose window until I noticed my reply in the \
mailing list archives.  This was disconcerting, because I thought I was subscribed, but wasn't.  I have \
attached the relevant portions of the message.

Once I knew what had happened, I found the thread in the Sylpheed mailing list that discussed the \
behavior of Reply, and verified that I had the Reply to Mailing List option set under \
Configuration->General->Compose.

What still bothers me is:  how did Sylpheed choose between bastille-linux-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net \
and bastille-linux-discuss-request@lists.sourceforge.net?  How did it know that one was a mailing list \
and the other was not?  Did it just scan the body of the message and choose the first character string it \
found that looked like it might be a mailing list?

It seems to me that Reply to List, buried in the options, is too dangerous.  Please consider adding a \
Reply to List button to the toolbar.  Then the Reply to List function would only be invoked by explicit \
user action at the time of replying to a message.



Begin forwarded message:

Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:32:50 -0800
From: bastille-linux-discuss-request@lists.sourceforge.net
To: TomF@sjpc.org
Reply-To: bastille-linux-discuss-request@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: bastille-linux-discuss -- confirmation of subscription -- request 162599
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:32:50 -0800
Sender: bastille-linux-discuss-admin@lists.sourceforge.net

bastille-linux-discuss -- confirmation of subscription -- request
162599

We have received a request ... for subscription of your email address, <TomF@sjpc.org>, to the
bastille-linux-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list.  To confirm the request, please send a message \
to bastille-linux-discuss-request@lists.sourceforge.net, and ...


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