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It looks like the decision on whether or not to stop reply-to munging has |
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fallen to me. After a little debate, I have decided to leave the mailing |
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lists as they are. |
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First, I would ask that everyone read the excellent articles at the |
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following URLs: |
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http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html |
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http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml |
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They pretty well cover the pros & cons of reply-to munging. I find the |
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latter article much more compelling, but maybe that is b/c I like the |
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system how it is already. I would like to add one more point. I personally |
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do not use the "group reply" function on MUA's unless I really need to. I |
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don't want to even risk getting into the habit of hitting that and |
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accidentally mass-mailing a personal mail. You might notice that this is |
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very similar to an argument made in the first article above. My response |
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is that it is very unlikely that I will be mailing information of a |
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personal nature in response to a mailing list posting. |
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For those that want people to use a different address than their From: |
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address, I suggest you put it in your signature. |
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Feel free to respond to this, and if I feel that an overwhelming number of |
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you really would prefer to do away with Reply-to munging, then I will do it. |
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One other thing that I will consider. If a particular mailing list feels |
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that reply-to munging is not necessarily, we could remove it just for that |
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group. |
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Chad Huneycutt (chadh@g.o) |