On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 20:50, Jan Schaumann wrote: > Speedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And maybe set up the list to only accept and pass on mail from legit > > subscribers, to stem the flow of SPAM and virii? > > Good idea.
Agreed, but the plural of virus is viruses. It's a common misconception that it's virii (I too thought it was). A quick search will reveal the reasons. > > Also, every other > > list I am on will reply to the list when I hit "reply", whereas this > > one replies to the sender. Could that be changed as well? > > Not everybody agrees on this issue. In general, it probably is a good > idea if the ML does not set or modify any headers. Try a search on > google on this topic to read up on the different viewpoints. Header Munging (as it is more commonly known) is a very bad practice that breaks several different things. As indicated, a quick search will show the different view points on this. Additionally, I would advise getting a client that supports replying to a mailing list. If you take a look at the headers for any message from the list, you will find: Precedence: list I know that Evolution can handle mailing lists and replying directly to them. Not sure about other MUAs. Jamin W. Collins -- "Life is the art of drawing without an eraser." - John Gardner
