3 Feb
2000
3 Feb
'00
3:01 a.m.
Rich Lafferty wrote:
A mailing list subscriber wants to receive mail at an address different
from that in his From: header. (Let's say he's using Pine without
ALLOW_CHANGING_FROM, or he's using some older MUA that doesn't even
have the concept of changing the From: header). So, he sets the
Reply-To: to the address at which he actually accepts mail; the From:
isn't meaningful anymore.
Then it goes to the list, which replaces that Reply-To: with one
pointing at the list.
Explain how someone wishing to reply to him can retrieve the correct
address at this point. (Or, phrased differently, why the mailing list
should change anything at *all* in the message being sent.)
It's awfully curious that a list full o' geeks can't figure out how to
reply to a message in their mail client.
It ain't a matter of figuring it out, it is a matter of efficiency. Damn
headers, like replying to you with the Reply button now and seeing the list
isn't included, and I have to manually delete the 2nd spam to you. My
feeling is that I won't tolerate this much longer and will most likely
unsubscribe. While a valuable resource, it ain't worth the aggrevation of
the way the headers are currently set up.
FWIW, I copied this msg, deleted the original response, did a Reply All,
deleted your email address, pasted back my original response, and am now
continuing. I dislike things that steal my time and that is what these damn
headers are doing now. If the list was primarily private responses, I could
be talked into leaving it as it is ... but it is not.