Offtopic : Posting "to" the list, correct policy ?

[Matt Darcy]

Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:21:07 +0100 Matt Darcy 
> <ubuntu.lists at projecthugo.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> Ante Karamatic wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:38:54 +0100
>>> Matt Darcy <ubuntu.lists at projecthugo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Is there a policy on this sort of thing for posting to the list or am
>>>> I being over fussy ?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Filter lists by 'List-Id:' header. Use smart e-mail clients that are
>>> aware of mailing lists and have something like 'Ctrl+l' which replies
>>> only to the mailing list(s).
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Sorry Guys,
>>
>> I wasn't saying "please do this to make my filtering work" thats quite 
>> straight forward to resolve, more just asking about the policy which I 
>> noticed due to the filtering failing.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>     
> This is standard for all Ubuntu ML.  This is a topic that comes up 
> periodically an all mail lists it seems and someone won't like it no matter 
> which choice you pick.  
>
> You are free to set the reply to in your messages to the list if you care 
> to.  That will give you what you are after for at least messages you send.
>
> This is a lose, lose proposition for mailing list admins.  
>
> I do wish we had a clean rule (like Debian does) that you should send just 
> to the list unless people request it.
>
> Scott K
>
>   
Scott,

not a critisism/complaint.

I've only just come on board the ubuntu mailing lists, and couldn't see 
a policy for it, and the various methods I'm seeing people use 
(highlighted by the mail filters failing) I just thought I'd ask what 
the policy was as it wasn't clear.

Matt