Thanks for explaining that. Ok I'll just do what I do on the pc and do a new message cutting and pasting . No biggy, just glad to know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] still the bug with sending mail
> Hi tina, > > On 7 Apr 2004 at 10:04, tina birenbaum spoke, thus: > > > Has anyone else noticed this his I you are replying to a message and sy yes > > to the sender only that it still shows up on the list? > > Warning: some of the text below may induce uncontrollable bouts of > dizziness and nausea. > > >From the technical standpoint, this behaviour is, in fact, the correct > one. This list has the Reply-To field set by the Mailman (an excellent > list manager - good choice, PDI) daemon to the list address, rather than > omitting the field entirely. As RFC2822 explains, the sender of a reply > is normally obliged to check the presence of a Reply-To field, and address > his/her message to the suggested address. This is not mandatory, though. > > I don't think, judging from the amount of "I agree" and "Me too" messages > appearing on this list and generally that this is a good philosophy to > follow, especially with the number of Keymail users here and users of > mailers which misread the Reply-To field as the address of a sender on > whose behalf Mailman acts. Listmasters - you might like to consider > omitting Reply-To in your messages. This setting is not, by default, > configurable per user in Mailman. You can either give the user choice, or > set the default yourself. If you give the user choice, you can get the > best of both worlds - although I don't suppose many people here much know > or care about how to manage their subscriptions. For the record, do it > online at: > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > The alternative is to do what many mailers do these days in a desperate > attempt to get away from the number of warm and cuddly lists which set the > Reply-To header, which is to allow the user to choose whether the From or > Reply-To field should be used by default to address a reply. Since the > >From field is not corrupted by the list manager, you would address your > message to the correct recipient if you chose to send to the address in > the From field. > > I believe, out of principle, that adding a Reply-To field is not a good > thing. The two most important reasons for this are: > > 1. Sending an accidental message to a private member when really you > meant the list is easily correctable (or even automatic if the list member > in question is nice), which cannot be said for the case when you send a > private message to the list when really you only ment to send it to a > private member. The added work of addressing to the list, in this > respect, is a good preventative measure against serious embarrassments. > > 2. Modifying mail as it passes through a gateway is time-intensive, more > so than simply rewriting the envelope and jamming it back in the queue. > Since mailing lists are supposed to distribute whatever mail is given them > to all of the list's members, it follows that not modifying it is a good > thing anyway. Modding headers thus adds a timeload on the list server. > With large lists, VERP does so even more when the headers have been > modified, though this is understandably a requirement these days. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > -- > Thought for the day: > A penny saved is ridiculous. > > Latest PGP Public key blocks? Send any mail to: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sabahattin Gucukoglu > Phone: +44 (0)20 7,502-1615 > Mobile: +44 (0)7986 053399 > http://www.sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/ > Email/MSN: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >
