[ABQ-pm] new mailing list test

Linda L. Julien leira at MIT.EDU
Tue Oct 11 15:12:31 PDT 2005


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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