On Monday, 18 September 2006 at 1:47, Dennis Schridde wrote:
> Am Montag, 18. September 2006 01:37 schrieb Christian Ohm:
> > On Monday, 18 September 2006 at 1:10, Dennis Schridde wrote:
> > > Am Montag, 18. September 2006 01:06 schrieb Dennis Schridde:
> > > > Am Montag, 18. September 2006 00:41 schrieb Christian Vest Hansen:
> > > > > (why don't these mails have a Reply-To header?)
> > > >
> > > > PS: I changed the Reply-To (reply_goes_to_list option of Mailman) from
> > > > Poster to This list and it seems to work.
> > >
> > > PPS: Mailman says that everything but Poster is evil, because all
> > > sensible mail programs have a reply-to-list button. Sounds sensible... Do
> > > we agree?
> >
> > I agree (set Reply-To to the poster).
> Perhaps I should have stated it more clearly: Poster doesn't set anything.
Now I am confused. Just keep the default, so a Reply goes to the poster,
and a List-Reply goes to the list.
> Quote from the Mailman help:
> ---
> reply_goes_to_list (general): Where are replies to list messages directed?
> Poster is strongly recommended for most mailing lists.
> This option controls what Mailman does to the Reply-To: header in messages
> flowing through this mailing list. When set to Poster, no Reply-To: header is
> added by Mailman, although if one is present in the original message, it is
> not stripped. Setting this value to either This list or Explicit address
> causes Mailman to insert a specific Reply-To: header in all messages,
> overriding the header in the original message if necessary (Explicit address
> inserts the value of reply_to_address).
> There are many reasons not to introduce or override the Reply-To: header. One
> is that some posters depend on their own Reply-To: settings to convey their
> valid return address. Another is that modifying Reply-To: makes it much more
> difficult to send private replies. See `Reply-To' Munging Considered Harmful
> for a general discussion of this issue. See Reply-To Munging Considered
> Useful for a dissenting opinion.
> Some mailing lists have restricted posting privileges, with a parallel list
> devoted to discussions. Examples are `patches' or `checkin' lists, where
> software changes are posted by a revision control system, but discussion
> about the changes occurs on a developers mailing list. To support these types
> of mailing lists, select Explicit address and set the Reply-To: address below
> to point to the parallel list.
> ---
And perhaps you could set the Reply-To for the commit-list to the
dev-list (oh, and can you get Gna to attach the actual diffs to the
commit list?).
--
Asynchronous inputs are at the root of our race problems.
-- D. Winker and F. Prosser
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