Maybe I haven't understood just what everyone's experiencing.
When I reply, my address field is filled with the e-mail address
of the list.
I use Eudora, so perhaps the e-mailer being used is what makes the
difference.
It must be, 'cause I use Mail and it replies to the poster, not to
the list.
You're confusing Mail with feature rich mail software ;-)
I'd still be using Entourage if they'd managed to incorporate
Spotlight earlier. It had proper mailing list features that were very
useful and a good AppleScript dictionary.
I'd also like to add a gripe and say that top posting is something
that I'd like to see less of on the list.
It's another rubbish *feature* of Mail too (in Entourage you could
choose where the cursor would be when you replied to a message).