On 4/4/02 9:13 PM, "Barry A. Warsaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> CVR> I finally had to address probe the entire list, because the > CVR> mailbot was coming back from a domain that wasn't subscribed > > Won't the VERP-ish support in MM2.1 make your life so much easier? > (Coming as someone who's had to do the same thing on occasion.) Yes, although in this case, they're sending back a new message to the "from" address, throwing out everything but the subject, which they insert into their subject line. So I think this mailbot through a forwarded address would evade even VERP. > It's a real issue, and as I see it there is no right answer, there are > only trade-offs. Yeah. My feelings exactly. And I'm not the one to draw lines in the sand here. > So I don't know. I'm inclined to favor user convenience for now, but > I've no doubt that we'll have to re-debate this decision as time goes > by. Unless someone comes with with an idea that turns this from a minor problem into a less-minor one, I agree. Examples of these problems really happening would help sway me... I'd be a lot more worried if it didn't require braindamage on the part of the other side, but we can't blame stupid users for stupid IS departments, either... -- Chuq Von Rospach, Architech [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.chuqui.com/ Very funny, Scotty. Now beam my clothes down here, will you? _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers
