# Allow reply-to individual instead of topic/forum (mailing list feature)

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [5월 27, 2016, 2:24오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-reply-to-individual-instead-of-topic-forum-mailing-list-feature/44905 "2016-05-27T14:24:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![tarek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tarek/32/124831_2.png) [@tarek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tarek)\
**Post date:** [6월 2, 2016, 4:48오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-reply-to-individual-instead-of-topic-forum-mailing-list-feature/44905/18 "2016-06-02T16:48:31Z")

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> [@erlend\_sh](#):
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> Is that really how “normal mailing lists” work? Google Groups, easily the most popular mailing list platform in existence, does not appear to work this way. By default, my reply will be to the mailing list address and noone else.

I just took a look at a few lists I’m on. Of about ~ 15 google groups, all of them have reply-to-list as their default (not sure that reply-to-sender is an option). Of about ~ 15 GNU/Mailman lists, all of them had reply-to-individual as default. I don’t have enough yahoo group subscriptions to make any statements about them.

So perhaps it’s a philosophical choice that the different list providers make on behalf of list admins?

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