>-----Original Message-----
>From: Amos Gouaux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 20 August 2001 14:03
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Please reconfigure majordomo to not set Reply-To (was:
>Failed to clean virus file Emanuel.exe)
>
>
>>>>>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 05:00:01 -0700,
>>>>>> Caliban Tiresias Darklock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (ctd) writes:
>
>ctd> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 13:33:18 +0200, Michael Ströder
>ctd> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> Because the mailing list processor is configured to set the Reply-To
>>> address to the list address. IMHO this should be changed to reduce
>>> such problems with automatic replies (vacation e-mails, virus-scans
>>> etc.).
>
>ctd> But that would make *regular* replies a pain in the ass for list
>ctd> members.
>
>What we do is send the notice to the envelope sender, which
>typically is set to the list owner. (Sorry list owner.) At least
>that way it doesn't flood the entire list time and time again....
>
If you think this is bad, imagine what would happen if the anti-virus
checker attached the infected email in each alert (which for example
InoculateIT can do). Forget out of office replies et al...
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