The author of the url sited is trying to get mailing
lists into a configuration that benfits the "elm" mailer.
The arguments he sites do not apply to pine. In fact,
making the reply-to point at the author makes the list
more difficult to use and all but eliminate traffic
in the list becuase very few people use elm any more.
I disagree with Chip Rosenthal, the author of the URL
in question. If you look over at his discussion board
on this issue, you can see that the issue is not at
all clear. In fact, it is still up for debate.
--randy
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, jeff covey wrote:
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> >>>>> "Adam" == Adam Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> Adam> I vote for changing the Reply-To: to include the list.
>
> i've seen lots of replies to "linart administrivia", but not the
> actual post (ugh), so i'm not entirely sure what's going on, but based
> on the above quote, may i say:
>
> please, please, please, don't do it! this is evil. see
>
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
>
> for reasons why, and pay us all the complement of assuming that we
> know how to include the list in our replies. based on the recent
> flood of clueless "unsubcuscirbe" messages sent to the list, this may
> not be a safe bet, but once you start doing things the wrong way just
> for the sake of those unwilling to educate themselves, you get...
> well, aol and ms windows, among other things...
>
> jeff "yes, i haven't taken the time to join the discussion in
> centuries, but i can still leap to life when necessary"
> covey
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