On 12/02/2019 16:26, Eitan Adler wrote: > (please make sure to add me to CC directly as the mailing is presently broken) > On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 00:47, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> -1 >> >> Changing the reply-to configuration increases the chances of message >> threads being moved off-list by accident. I am concerned about the risk >> of harm to the community that that represents. > > Can you present any evidence that this would be actively harmful to > the community to point that we should violate internet standards? > I've seen nothing similar happen in any of other open source > communities I'm a part of.
I've seen it happen in multiple communities where conversations move off-list accidentally and one of the participants notices and fixes it. What I can't put a figure on is how many times it isn't noticed because the thread doesn't re-appear on list. It didn't take much searching to find others with a similar experience: http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-useful.html In terms of RFC 2822, I read the spec differently and consider qmail's changing of the reply-to header consistent with both the intent of the RFC and the desire of the ASF. I am aware of the long running debates on this point. (here is the opposite PoV to the link above: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html) Personally, I do not want two copies of every reply to every message I post to this or any other ASF list. It happens enough already when folks hit reply all. Having it happen every time would be a significant nuisance. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
