I hate the new mail system

Paul Berger phb.hfx at gmail.com
Tue Mar 7 20:53:14 CST 2017



On 2017-03-07 10:45 PM, Paul Berger wrote:
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> On 2017-03-07 10:38 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>> On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Eric Christopherson via cctalk wrote:
>>> What makes it so that other mailing lists don't unsubscribe people when
>>> bounces occur?
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>> This list displays (not "full headers"):
>> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 20:23:42 -0600
>> From: Eric Christopherson via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> Reply-To: Eric Christopherson <echristopherson at gmail.com>,
>>     "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" 
>> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" 
>> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> Subject: Re: I hate the new mail system
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>> Some yahoos would do it as:
>> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 20:23:42 -0600
>> From: "Eric Christopherson echristopherson at gmail.com [cctalk]"
>> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" 
>> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> Subject: Re: I hate the new mail system
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>> Notice, that they also munge the From:, but they include the author's 
>> email address buried within the munged From:.
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>> It is not the "correct" From: and Reply-to:,
>> but, apparently some "modern" systems will not tolerate it done 
>> "correctly".
>> Given that it is NOT going to be done "correctly", which among us are 
>> capable of successfully working around it?
> Well in Thunderbird I get two reply buttons "Reply" and "Reply to list"
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>> This discussion is a little like a pedantic grammar argument.
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>> -- 
>> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
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Oppps I never meant to send that.....

Paul.


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