Re: Off-list reply taken back on-list involving check-file-prefix crud and pkg_add not replacing by default.

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6725%twc.com@localhost>]

from Ottavio Caruso:

> On Fri, 29 May 2020 at 04:23, Ellenor Malik <ellenor%umbrellix.net@localhost> wrote:

> > I'm sorry, but it's not okay to send me an off-list reply.

> > On Thu, 28 May 2020 10:09:59 -0400
> > Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:

> > > Ellenor Malik <ellenor%umbrellix.net@localhost> writes:

> > > > Presented without comment.

> > > It is not ok to forward an off-list reply to the list, unless you have
> > > specifically obtained permission.   If you did obtain permission, that
> > > should be noted, so as to help maintain the social fabric.

> This list (and I believe all NetBSD lists) is configured to reply to
> the OP and cc: the list. So, technically, all replies are off-list and
> the list is always carbon copied. If you really don't want off list
> replies, adjust your "Reply-to" header if your mail client allows it,
> or just don't use email at all. It would also be nice to bottom-post
> instead of top-posting.

How are NetBSD and FreeBSD lists configured to reply to the OP and cc: the list?

It's a matter of convention, and depends on whether the sender of a message adheres to that convention, which I am not doing.

Most other lists' protocol is to reply to list only.

When I respond to an off-list reply, I may respond on-list without saying anything about off-list reply and certainly not making it blatant in the subject line.

In the immediate message I am responding to, there is an In-Reply-To: header but no Reply-To:

Tom