Reply-To mailing list?

[Petite Abeille]

> On Dec 4, 2020, at 16:08, John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org> wrote:
> 
>  Chip Rosenthal's classic "Reply-to Munging Considered Harmful" 

Let him rest in peace. 

?Considered Harmful? Essays Considered Harmful
https://meyerweb.com/eric/comment/chech.html

>  Mailing list software is not "the author of the message".

What's the PURPOSE of a mailing list but to foster DISCUSSION?

Why to impede its raison d'?tre?

IOTD (Idiom of the day):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_off_the_nose_to_spite_the_face