On Thursday 24 February 2005 10:01 am, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:08:21 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > No, it's not.  You can *always* send a message again if it was
> > supposed to  go to the list. You *can't* retract a message if it was
> > not supposed to go  to the list.
>
> If you are going to send potentially offensive, libellous or
> embarrassing emails, you should check carefully where you are sending
> them, instead of relying on a setting on a remote server that can be
> changed, without notice, at the admin's whim.

-1 Offtopic. :)

My statement does not concern offensive, libellous, or embarrassing emails 
at all. :P  My statement concerns the fictional "loss of information" 
associated with not sending to the list.  It also concerns to actuall 
"waste of bandwidth" associated with sending to a list unintentionally.  
Of course, in this day and age, I don't think the bandwidth is much to be 
concerned about, unless the mailing list software is "stupid" enough to 
send out a message consisting of "My ISO I made with Catalyst doesn't 
work." plus said ISO attached without some sort of administrative 
approval.

> Making the default action to be a reply to the list makes sense for a
> list such as this one. For other lists, that may not be the case. This
> is not a black and white issue, the best approach depends on the
> circumstances.

I disagree.  It's a very clear issue.  Altering an existing Reply-To is 
wrong. :P

I'm only half serious here, don't take this as incendiary as it sounds. :)

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