regarding the reply address on the list....

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Thu Feb 3 11:01:45 2000

Rich Lafferty wrote:
>
> A mailing list subscriber wants to receive mail at an address different
> from that in his From: header. (Let's say he's using Pine without
> ALLOW_CHANGING_FROM, or he's using some older MUA that doesn't even
> have the concept of changing the From: header). So, he sets the
> Reply-To: to the address at which he actually accepts mail; the From:
> isn't meaningful anymore.
>
> Then it goes to the list, which replaces that Reply-To: with one
> pointing at the list.
>
> Explain how someone wishing to reply to him can retrieve the correct
> address at this point. (Or, phrased differently, why the mailing list
> should change anything at *all* in the message being sent.)
>
> It's awfully curious that a list full o' geeks can't figure out how to
> reply to a message in their mail client.

It ain't a matter of figuring it out, it is a matter of efficiency. Damn
headers, like replying to you with the Reply button now and seeing the list
isn't included, and I have to manually delete the 2nd spam to you. My
feeling is that I won't tolerate this much longer and will most likely
unsubscribe. While a valuable resource, it ain't worth the aggrevation of
the way the headers are currently set up.

FWIW, I copied this msg, deleted the original response, did a Reply All,
deleted your email address, pasted back my original response, and am now
continuing. I dislike things that steal my time and that is what these damn
headers are doing now. If the list was primarily private responses, I could
be talked into leaving it as it is ... but it is not.
Received on Thu Feb 03 2000 - 11:01:45 GMT