Let's get this list started

Sean Conner sean at conman.org
Thu Aug 15 18:06:33 BST 2019


It was thus said that the Great solderpunk once stated:
> > I can change the reply-to setting, if you prefer.

  I see that's been fixed.  Thanks.

> Well, I for one would strongly prefer just being able to reply to any
> email from the list and have it be sent only to the list, rather than
> back to the author with (at best) a CC to the list (so that the author
> ends up with two copies).  That system is pretty cumbersome and I've
> never quite understood why it's so common.

  It goes back to "'Reply-To:' munging considered harmful":

	http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html

This is an older argument (I wrote about it back in 2000 [1]) and I'm in the
camp of "'Reply-To:' munging is okay".

  -spc

[1]	http://boston.conman.org/2000/02/03.1
	http://boston.conman.org/2000/02/03.2
	http://boston.conman.org/2000/02/04.3


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