reply to author VS. reply to list on this list.

[Janina Sajka]

And, you can even put your list of lists in a separate file and just
source it from your ~/.muttrc. Mine is in a file called .mutt_lists.
It's much easier to add and subtract lists that way.

Steve Holmes writes:
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> I can't echo Lorenzo's comments enough about the 'List reply' function
> in mutt.  I don't know of any other mailer to provide this
> functionality.  Basically, it allows you to reply to a list regardless
> of how the list is configured.  Plus it does *NOT* send out two copies
> like many other mailers do.  This is different from a "reply all" or
> group reply rfunction.  It sends *ONLY 1* message to the list itself.
> You only need to add the list's address to your .muttrc for list
> subscriptions and you're good to go.  I *LOVE* this feature of mutt!
> 
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 12:19:53AM -0400, Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
> > This particular list is configured to add the list address to the Reply-To:
> > header upon sending each message to the list members.  Not all lists do this, in
> > which case, the reply automatically goes to the author of the message.  In
> > Linux, this problem is solved (at least in Mutt) bu using the "list reply"
> > command, (upper-case L), if you wish to reply to the list rather than the
> > author.  I'm not sure about how Pine, which is another mailer used heavily here,
> > handles this, but I'm sure there is a similar function.
> > 
> > HTH,
> > Lorenzo
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