>>> ... But if we click on
view/reply online, there should not be a reply box
automatically opened. We can do that for ourselves once
online by clicking the reply button. The problem is ... in the
automatic opening of the reply form... <<<
Yes, the "View/Reply Online" link in the footer behaves differently
in group digest*** emails vs group individual emails; the former
will automatically open the reply box, the latter will not; i.e. the
former includes the
?reply=1 parameter in the link, the
latter does not. So in the former case, any click on most all other
options on the thread/topic page except the red
Discard
(draft) button will result in a saved blank message body draft.
The other two footer reply links behave the same, it's only this
link that's different between the two. I don't know what's the
intent behind this difference, but IMO it should work the same on
both.
Cheers,
Christos
*** (I only tested the Full-Feature digest, not sure if it also does
the same on the plain or daily summary emails)