Matt said: > Reply-to-list poses a significant usability risk that can escalate > into a security issue, so it's unfortunate that it's being used here > of all places.
I agree. Some more information on "Reply-To header munging": http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-admin/node11.html It's non-standard too, as Joseph suggests. Joseph said: > ... I wouldn't want to question that collective decision... I think > the two stanford.edu lists I am on are the only ones out of a large > number that default to reply-to list. I will be more careful. While well intentioned, the original decision seems ill-informed. -- Michael Allan Toronto, +1 416-699-9528 http://zelea.com/ Matt Mackall said: > On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 19:08 -0400, Joseph Lorenzo Hall wrote: > > Has the possibility of reconfiguring libtech to not reply-all by > > default been broached? > > Reply-to-list poses a significant usability risk that can escalate into > a security issue, so it's unfortunate that it's being used here of all > places. > > Let me relate a personal example from several years ago: > > A: <operational discussion on activist group list> > B: Right on! ps: how's <extremely embarassing private matter> going? > B: Oh SH*#&$#*T, I'm SOOOOO sorry, I didn't mean to reply-all!! I feel > horrible!! > > It's quite easy to imagine <extremely embarassing private matter> being > replaced by <career-ending aside> on most lists, but on this one in > particular it might be replaced by <potentially life-endangering datum>. > > Now compare this to the typical fall-out that happens without reply-to: > > A: <operational discussion on activist group list> > B: <public reply accidentally sent privately> > B: Oops, sent that privately, sorry for the duplicate. > > How many such minor inconveniences equal one job lost or life > endangered? In my opinion, no list should use reply-to-list. > > -- > Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. Joseph Lorenzo Hall said: > On Mar 19, 2013, at 19:32, Yosem Companys <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote: > > > We used to use individual replies rather than reply all, but the list > > members took a vote to change the default to reply all. If there's > > enough interest, we could always bring it up for another vote, as the > > decision was made a year or so ago, and the list has grown a lot since > > then. > > Cool. That is exactly the data that I was looking for; I wouldn't want to > question that collective decision. > > I think the two stanford.edu lists I am on are the only ones out of a large > number that default to reply-to list. I will be more careful. > > best, Joe -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
