Date   : Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:18:34 +0000
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: Text screen?

On 10/02/2008 10:07, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
> In article <47ACEBBC.2000904@...>, Mark McDougall
> <msmcdoug@...> writes
> 
>> It's annoying because there's no good reason for it. This is now the 17th! 
>> mailing list that I currently subscribe to, and the *only* one that I can't 
>> simply hit 'reply' to 
> 
> It depends on your mail client.  One which obeys the RFCs correctly and knows
> about the mailing-list-specific lines inserted into the header will do the
> Right Thing.

I assume you're referring to RFC2919, which is the one that specifies 
the List-Id and what it can be used for.  There's no compulsion on a 
mail client to use that, and I didn't know of any that do until you 
mentioned it.

> F'r ex, my mail client, which is mailing-list aware, pops up a dialogue box
> saying "Do you want to reply by making a posting to the mailing list or by
> sending a private email?" with "list" and "private mail" click buttons.

Which is Turnpike.  Hardly the most common email client around, so it's 
not surprising if most list subscribers don't have those options :-)

> Of course, it would be too much to expect Microshitware to adhere to the RFCs.
> "Embrace and extend", remember?

:-)

-- 
Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York