[ABQ-pm] new mailing list test

Ken Long ken at lectrosonics.com
Wed Oct 12 05:53:39 PDT 2005


The purpose of a mailing list is to easily exchange emails between a 
large number of people. Replies should go to the list.

Ken Long
Albuquerque


On 11 Oct 2005 at 18:12, Linda L. Julien wrote:

> havoc wrote:
> > Can you set mailman to change the return address to the list rather
> > than the individual who sent the message?
> 
> Technically: Yes, easily.
> 
> Religiously: Well, I'm not so sure.
> 
> I'm one of those people who feels very very strongly that mailing
> lists should not modify the Reply-To header that is set by the sender.
>  I believe that the RFCs support this.
> 
> For a well-written explanation of this side of the debate, see
> '"Reply-To" Munging Considered Harmful' at
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html.  I find the "Principle
> of Least Damage" argument particularly compelling, as I've seen that
> sort of situation entirely too often.
> 
> That being said, if the members of the list have an overwhelming
> desire to have it go the other way, I'll back down, though you may
> catch me on the occasional soapbox.
> 
> So, what does this mean?  A poll.  Eh, the last question was closed
> anyway.
> 
> > If not, procmail will be happy to do it for me, but I thought I'd
> > ask.
> 
> I think that's a great option, actually (says the person who until
> recently had a .emacs file that did much the same).
> 
> I'd love to hear what others have to say on the topic.
> 
> Linda
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