It was thus said that the Great liste_at_artware.qc.ca once stated (and will
get two copies of this):
>
>
> On 03-Feb-00 Jay West wrote:
> > Several people wrote....
> >> I wonder if you would prefer if the "Respond To" portion should be:
> >>
> >> "classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org"
> >>
> >> as it used to???? (Well it used to be: "classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu")
> >> I know that sometimes caused a bit of a problem for posts that were
> >> supposed to be off list, but I think that is the more intended
> >> aspect?????
>
> The best text on the subject i've seen is ``Reply-To'' Munging Considered
> Harmful by Chip Rosenthal.
>
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
And the rebuttle:
http://www.metasystema.org/reply-to-useful.mhtml
I personally like Reply-To: set to the mailing list. All the lists I'm on
are set up that way and there have been no problems that I could see (yes,
you see the occasional private message sent but it's not that big a
problem).
-spc (I get enough mail as it is ... I don't need duplicates 8-)
Received on Thu Feb 03 2000 - 03:02:08 GMT