On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> Vince, don't get demeaning. you only need to send one really,
> really embarassing (or damaging, dangerous, libelous or just plain
> stupid) piece of e-mail to realize that ONE is enough. If you've
> never done it, bless you. May you never. but if you do, maybe
> you'll understand a little better and not pull this "how touching"
> stuff. Phttt. You're above that kind of snide insult.
Misdirected email is embarassing. Over the years, I've done it more
than once. In the most embarassing misdirected email incident I've
had, I sent a private reply which was correctly addressed to a
subscriber. He quoted my entire private reply back in a public reply.
Even if you don't screw up, someone else may screw it up for you. No
matter where you send your email, chances are good that some of it
will be seen by "the wrong person".
The standard setup for all discussion mailing lists which I host is to
have the Reply To: pointing to the list address and the From: line
pointing to the author. For a viable discussion list, you're going to
have to munge either the From: line or The Reply To: line. My
preference is to direct the Reply To: back the the list.
I've seen several discussion on this topic before. Those who have a
preference, tend to have very strong convictions. I doubt that anyone
will change their position based on a few emails seen on a list-admin
mailing list or an editorial posted on the web. Choose the setup you
think is best for your list. Don't worry about how other lists are
set up. Be happy.
- murr -
