FWIW, I agree with you and James. For an announcement list it makes sense to me that the editor's mailbox would be placed in the From header, and the alias for mass-mailing not be exposed at all. I think that would look more "professional".
On further discussion (in particular the message from Stig Sandbeck Mathisen), I now understand that there may be valid uses for this sort of stuff.
However, I do not see a valid use for them outside of the CRM-type of system, and I definitely believe that they have no place in a mailing list management system.
Nevertheless, just because I do not see any use for this sort of thing in a mailing list management system, and I am opposed to this sort of thing being incorporated into Mailman, does not mean that you (and others) won't be successful in convincing Barry to accept patches that accomplish these goals.
That's a discussion you're going to have to have with Barry, and he's going to have to take all sides of the discussions under advisement when he makes his decision about what sort of thing he is willing to incorporate.
It seems to me that James has already thought it through, and (despite Brad's paranoia), would use the facility "responsibly" by Brad's standards.
Guns can be used responsibly, and they can be used irresponsibly. Where most people differ is what sorts of things they believe can/should be done to prevent irresponsible use while not hindering responsible use.
In this case, I prefer to be safe rather than sorry, and not give the spammers another tool to help make their job any easier than it already is.
Especially since the sorts of things that people seem to want appear to be more appropriate to a CRM system as opposed to a mailing list management system, and I'm sure that many good CRM solutions already exist which can solve these problems much better than Mailman could ever hope to do.
-- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info.
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