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Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:43:13 -0600
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Replies on lists.php.net
From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021, at 6:55 AM, Pierre wrote:
> Le 15/02/2021 =C3=A0 13:32, Alexandru P=C4=83tr=C4=83nescu a =C3=A9cri=
t=C2=A0:
> > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 2:20 PM Pierre <pierre-php@processus.org> wr=
ote:
> >
> > I'm interested in this topic as most email clients that I know don't=
 have
> > such an option like "reply to list".
> >
> > Instructions here clearly mention that reply to all should be used:
> > https://www.php.net/mailing-lists.php
> > << Be sure to click Reply-All to reply to list. >>
> >
> > Maybe the email server or client that you use should be able to unde=
rstand
> > that the two email copies are the same email and show only once.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alex
> >
> If you're interested, I'm using Thunderbird, it had this option since=20=

> the beginning of time. The hardest part is not forgetting it exists. I=
n=20
> a lot of open source mail clients you may find this option in the drop=
=20
> down menus when right-clicking on a mail from a list. Some are smarter=
=20
> and will reply properly to the list transparently when you click "repl=
y"=20
> (and not "reply to all").
>=20
> I do not use any CLI mail clients, such as mutt or others, so I will n=
ot=20
> be of any help about those.

This is a long standing fight.  Who is in the wrong, mail clients that s=
tupidly send double messages, or mail clients that stupidly can't detect=
 and omit double messages?  Probably both, but the one that is really wr=
ong is whatever someone else is using and you're not.  Because humans.

(Personally I'd blame the ones that lack reply-to-list, because that's t=
he easier feature to include.)

Could we at least update that page to say "use the reply-to-list feature=
 if available, or reply-all if not"?  Or something like that?  Because y=
eah, I'm also really sick of getting 2 copies of every email sent to eve=
ry thread I ever touch. :-)

--Larry Garfield