Art Alexion on 13 Dec 2005 12:41:58 -0000


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Re: munging the Reply-To is not nice (was Re: [PLUG] lm_sensors and fan speed)


Michael C. Toren wrote:

>On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 09:33:04PM -0500, Mark M. Hoffman wrote:
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>>>Please don't strip the lm-sensors list from the CC's.
>>>      
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>>Whoops, like I just did... because I didn't notice the Reply-To munging.  Ick!
>>
>>http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
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>This is raised about every other year or so, but for the immediate future
>I'm still inclined to keep the reply-to.
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>  
>

I support Michael's position on this.  Not every MUA has a "reply to
list" command, and too often, people inadvertently reply to the poster
of the last message only, taking a discussion that may be of interest to
others, essentially private, contrary to the purpose of holding
discussions on lists.

In those relatively rare instances where multiple replies, or off-list
replies, are appropriate, manual changes can be made by the sender.

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