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Reply to author, reply to list, reply to all (was: Need Help w. PIP!)

From Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
Subject Reply to author, reply to list, reply to all (was: Need Help w. PIP!)
Date 2015-09-09 16:09 +1000
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Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> writes:

> On 9/8/2015 6:19 PM, Cody Piersall wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 3:14 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
> > <PointedEars@web.de <mailto:PointedEars@web.de>> wrote:
> >  >
> >  > Cody Piersall wrote:
> >  >
> >  > > Please respond to the list as well as the person you're
> >  > > actually talking to. It works out better for everyone that way.
> >  > > (You should just have to "reply all" instead of "reply").
>
> [Reply] should send the reply to the list.

The function named “reply” normally means “reply individually to the
author”, and that's how it needs to stay.

The “reply to the list” function is present in many mail clients, and
works fine for this mailing list; Google Mail seems to be a notable
exception that its users should ask to change.

> > Some people email the list, but aren't subscribed to it.

People who fit that description are not participants in the forum, so
excluding them from forum replies is the right thing to do.

> > So I guess a better rule is to just reply-to-all for the OP?
>
> Please no, not as a routine.

Agreed.

-- 
 \       “Anyone who puts a small gloss on [a] fundamental technology, |
  `\          calls it proprietary, and then tries to keep others from |
_o__)           building on it, is a thief.” —Tim O'Reilly, 2000-01-25 |
Ben Finney

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Need Help w. PIP! Steve Burrus <steveburrus28@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 15:20 -0700
  Re: Need Help w. PIP! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-04 01:05 +0100
    Re: Need Help w. PIP! Steve Burrus <steveburrus28@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 18:04 -0700
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-09-04 02:44 +0100
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 11:55 +1000
        Re: Need Help w. PIP! Steve Burrus <steveburrus28@gmail.com> - 2015-09-03 20:07 -0700
          Re: Need Help w. PIP! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 13:16 +1000
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-04 04:04 +0100
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 13:08 +1000
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-04 04:11 +0100
        Re: Need Help w. PIP! Steve Burrus <steveburrus28@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 09:35 -0700
          Re: Need Help w. PIP! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-04 21:55 +0100
          Re: Need Help w. PIP! eryksun <eryksun@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 17:48 -0500
          Re: Need Help w. PIP! eryksun <eryksun@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 16:50 -0500
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-04 04:27 +0100
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 13:32 +1000
        Re: Need Help w. PIP! wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-09-04 01:13 -0700
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-04 09:14 -0400
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! Chris Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 16:30 +0200
  Re: Need Help w. PIP! "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2015-09-04 08:16 +0200
    Re: Need Help w. PIP! "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2015-09-04 08:24 +0200
  Re: Need Help w. PIP! Steve Burrus <steveburrus28@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 09:04 -0700
    Re: Need Help w. PIP! Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-09-04 21:46 +0100
    Re: Need Help w. PIP! MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-09-05 01:55 +0100
    Re: Need Help w. PIP! Rob Hills <rhills@medimorphosis.com.au> - 2015-09-05 10:19 +0800
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! Steve Burrus <steveburrus28@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 20:07 -0700
        Re: Need Help w. PIP! eryksun <eryksun@gmail.com> - 2015-09-05 01:30 -0500
    Re: Need Help w. PIP! Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-09-05 10:14 +0200
      Re: Need Help w. PIP! Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-09-09 01:53 -0400
      Reply to author, reply to list, reply to all (was: Need Help w. PIP!) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-09 16:09 +1000
      Re: Reply to author, reply to list, reply to all Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-09 17:20 +1000
      Re: Reply to author, reply to list, reply to all (was: Need Help w. PIP!) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-09-09 17:24 +1000
      Re: Reply to author, reply to list, reply to all Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-09-09 17:38 +1000
      Re: Reply to author, reply to list, reply to all Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-09-09 04:16 -0400

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