Re: [Doxygen-users] Mailing list reply address

[Dimitri v. H. <di...@st...>]

On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 04:00:17PM -0400, Don McClimans wrote:
> >Last note: xteq mailing list was set up to allow to reply directly to the
> >mailing list. doxygen-users ML is set up for replying to the originator of
> the
> >message. I believe the ML administrator should set the xteq behavior, as it
> >is more convenient.
> 
> I realize that it is more convenient, but most mailing lists are set to
> reply to the originator for a reason. This avoids the problem we often have
> on the xteq list of autoresponders flooding the mailing list when someone
> goes out of town and forgets that they are on the mailing list. I don't know
> if you can change this behavior at SourceForge, but I don't think we
> should - and I urge everyone to not work around this - leave the reply set
> to the originator.

I just changed this the minute before I read your mail :-), but you have a good point. 
Maybe it is better to trade some convenience for less flooding. What do 
you guys think, should reply messages be sent to the poster or to the list?

Regards,
  Dimitri