Re: "Reply" button functionality in KMail (especially with mailing lists)

On Wednesday 21 November 2007, Matthew Blissett wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'd like to share some thoughts on how KMail should behave when
> replying to messages.  This was discussed before (ages ago) so I
> apologise for bringing it up again, but I don't think the current
> behaviour is optimal.
>
> At the moment there's the "Folder -> Mailing list management ->
> Folder holds a mailing list" setting (on or off), and also four Reply
> buttons: - Reply;
> - Reply to all;
> - Reply to list;
> - Reply to author.
>
> Currently, if the folder-holds-mailing-list setting is off and the
> user presses "Reply" to a message from a mailing list, then the reply
> goes to the whole list (by extracting the List-Post message header). 
> This seems dangerous to me -- I expect the "Reply" button to go to
> the author of the message in most cases.
>
> I think this behaviour would be better:
>
> "Reply" button
>   If "Folder holds a mailing list" is ticked for this folder
>     - the same as "Reply to List" button
>   Otherwise
>     - the same as "Reply to Author" button

I don't think this behavior is better than the current behavior. If 
anything then I'd change "Reply" to always do a reply to the 
Mail-Reply-To/Reply-To/From address.


> "Reply to List" button
>   Try
>     - add addresses in "Mail-Followup-To" header to "To"
>   Otherwise
>     - add address set in "Mailing list management" to "To"
>   Otherwise
>     - add address in "List-Post" header to "To"
>   Otherwise
>     - leave "To" empty

Makes sense, but doesn't KMail work already that way?


> "Reply to Author" button
>   - Add "Mail-Reply-To" or "Reply-To" or "From" to "To"

Yes. Additionally, KMail should try to ignore Reply-To headers set by 
Reply-To-header-mangling mailing list managers.


> "Reply to All" button
>   - Do "Reply to List"
>
>   If "To" is empty (so it wasn't a mailing list)
>     - Add "Mail-Reply-To" or "Reply-To" or "From" to "To"
>   Otherwise (we have a mailing list address in "To")
>     - Add "Mail-Reply-To" or "Reply-To" or "From" to "CC"
>
>   - Add "To" and "CC" addresses to "CC"

Not sure about this. I like the current behavior to always put the 
Reply-To/From address in To and all other addresses in CC better.


Regards,
Ingo

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