- Proprsal for the zope-list configuration
I would propose to set the mailfield Reply-To: zope@zope.org for all articles send via the list verver. I am probably not the only one who accidentally replied to the poster instead of the list... Michael -- ''''\ Michael Scharf ` c-@@ TakeFive Software ` > http://www.TakeFive.com \_ V mailto:Michael_Scharf@TakeFive.co.at
Michael> I would propose to set the mailfield Michael> Reply-To: zope@zope.org Michael> for all articles send via the list verver. No, no, no, no, no... The failure mode is much worse when the default is to send to the list. What you wind up with are supposed-to-be-private email messages sent to the list inadvertently instead of supposed-to-be-public email messages sent to a single person inadvertently. The recovery from the latter is to simply resend the message to the broader list. There is no suitable recovery from the former. Skip Montanaro | Mojam: "Uniting the World of Music" http://www.mojam.com/ skip@calendar.com | Musi-Cal: http://concerts.calendar.com/ 518-372-5583
On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 skip@calendar.com wrote:
Michael> I would propose to set the mailfield Michael> Reply-To: zope@zope.org Michael> for all articles send via the list verver.
No, no, no, no, no... The failure mode is much worse when the default is to send to the list.
I hate to say "me too", but: ME TOO! Reply-To: munging is evil. I'll share a personal (second-hand) example: On a particular list at a major university, some faculty member announced that he would be taking a leave of absence. Somebody asked, on the list (since Reply-To was set to the list), if that meant he was really leaving or just taking a leave of absence. So he replies, again to the list, it's a leave of absence, but he's not really coming back. Oops. With no Reply-To munging, if you mess up, you can always forward your message to the list. With munging, well, you can't exactly take it back... http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html -- Andy Dustman You should always say "spam" and "eggs" ComStar Communications Corp. instead of "foo" and "bar" (706) 549-7689 | PGP KeyID=0xC72F3F1D in Python examples. (Mark Lutz)
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