What do you do to post a answer to a question in this group

[Patton Echols]

On 03/17/2011 11:37 PM, Mark Widdicombe wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 12:47 -0500, David Curtis wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Mark Widdicombe
>> <mwiddicombe at shoprite.co.za>  wrote:
>>          On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 11:46 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
>>          >  On 17 March 2011 10:26, Mark Widdicombe
>>          <mwiddicombe at shoprite.co.za>  wrote:
>>          >  >  On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 05:17 -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
>>          >  >>  On 3/17/2011 4:15 AM, Mark Widdicombe wrote:
>>          >  >>  >  On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 10:01 +0100, Amedee Van Gasse
>>          wrote:
>>          >  >>  >>  On Thu, March 17, 2011 06:24, Jon Anderson wrote:
>>          >  >>  >>  * Click on the button "Reply to list".
>>          >  >>  >  Where is this button in Evolution (Ubuntu default email
>>          editor)?  I have
>>          >  >>  >  to click 'Reply to all', then delete the parent's
>>          address in the 'To'
>>          >  >>  >  box, then copy the ubuntu-users address from the 'Cc'
>>          box to the 'To'
>>          >  >>  >  box, then click 'Send'.
>>          >  >>
> OK, I have (with the help of the kind folk on the Evolution list)
> figured out what the problem is.
>
> When Evolution retrieves mail from MS Exchange it doesn't download the
> entire message, just the message summary.  the 'List-' headers aren't
> present in the summary, so Evolution doesn't realize that the message is
> from a list, hence 'Reply to list' isn't activated.
>
> Whilst this isn't really a bug, it is a functional deficiency--Evolution
> should decide whether or not the message is from a list when the message
> is opened, not just on the basis of the message summary.  I'll just have
> to live with the inconvenience for now.
>
I respectfully suggest that it is a bug and should be reported as one.  
It is a bug because it is unexpected behavior.  A mail client should be 
aware of both the "List" headers as well as the "Reply to".  Second, by 
submitting a bug, you give the developers a chance to know of the 
concern and make an affirmative decision whether to fix it or not.  A 
discussion on a community support list does not reach the devs. At least 
not reliably.

Regards,
-- PE