On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Omar Thameen wrote:
> How about if CompuServe at least _tries_ to determine if the message
> is from a mailing list before sending out an autoresponse? This would
> be very easy to do:
>
> Precedence: bulk
> Mailing-List:
>
> are both headers that scream mailing list.
A reasonable idea, but currently not a practical one. Not all list
managers implement these headers. RFC 2369 [1] is a step in the right
direction, but is not yet widely implemented, either.
[1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2369.txt
> In these instances, CompuServe should notify _their_ user that they
> need to update the email address.
Also a good idea in theory. Have you suggested this to them? What was
their response?
By the way, I'm not arguing with you. I wish you the best of success
trying to convince Compu$erve and authors of mailing list managers to
implement your suggestions.
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Michael S. Johnson Miyazaki Web and Mailing List Owner
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