Re: *** ADMIN: Attn Thunderbird Users: Reply-to behavior

On 12/27/2017 4:28 PM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:

Larry

The "reply to list" works the same with the new setting turned off, as David suggested.

And now "Reply" also defaults to the list - that was the behavior of Thunderbird for years until recently - at version 52.0 of Thunderbird, in fact. The Change documentation for 52.0 has this - "When replying to a mailing list, reply will be sent to address in From header ignoring Reply-to header"

So in version 52.0, Thunderbird added additional functionality: use Reply to reply to the OP, Reply List to reply to the list. Functionality that doesn't exist in other mail clients.

At 52.4 of Thunderbird, this new setting was added.

So Thunderbird, until April, 2017, behaved like Outlook, etc., and respected the Reply-to header item with the default reply. And this is the way Thunderbird behaved until only 8 months ago.

I've been a long-time Thunderbird user - going back to a predecessor, Eudora, from Qualcomm many half-decades ago.

I have always just click on "reply" to send a reply to the list, did not have to use the special button. That habit was ingrained over the years, so the change in April meant I often sent replies to the OP, not the list.

Yes, that happened to me as well.  And then I learned how the buttons worked.  (And it still happens to me occasionally, but that's user error, not a problem with the UI.)

Now, OTOH, now that I'm kind of used the new behavior, it does give an easy alternative way to reply to the OP - before April I had to copy the email of the OP, then replace the list address with that email.

A true PITA for which the Thunderbird UI provides an elegant solution: one button for OP, one for list.  But if you hate it, you can make a configuration change which essentially disables the ability to reply to the OP.  Got it.

So I've changed back to old behavior - it's a trade-off - which action is going to give me the least chance of sending to the wrong place?

HTH, Joe!!!!

Yes, it helps.  I thought I was missing something.

Thanks, Vern!