[Mailman-Developers] Reply-To bug in 2.0beta6

Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:23:50 -0400

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At 09:12 AM 9/29/00 -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:

>>That's in the CVS tree.  Given that MM 2.0 final is just a couple of
>weeks away, is this problem serious enough to warrant an emergency
>beta 7?

My first reaction was "naah."  Then I thought about it for a few minutes, and,
actually, probably the answer should be "Yes."  Because it's an itty bitty thing
that can turn into a *major* hassle for a list admin, particularly a less
experienced one who's not going to know why in hell his users have suddenly
gone stupid and started sending all their confirms to the list.  Heck, *I'm* far
from inexperienced, and when I had 6 cases of it in two days after the bug hit
the cvs tree *I* was initially wondering what in hell was wrong with my users
all of a sudden.  Then I finally realized the headers were wrong right about the
point the patch hit the tree...

Particularly if the list allows outside subscribers, and the listadmin doesn't actually
really read the list, he could have hordes of people subscribing, pestering the list
with their confirms, and then wondering why they never get anything from the list
they're actually not really subscribed to...

"confirm " + a number should probably be an administrivia filter trap.

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At 09:12 AM 9/29/00 -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote: 
 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>&gt;That's in the CVS tree.&nbsp;
Given that MM 2.0 final is just a couple of 
weeks away, is this problem serious enough to warrant an emergency 
beta 7?</blockquote> 
My first reaction was &quot;naah.&quot;&nbsp; Then I thought about it for
a few minutes, and, 
actually, probably the answer should be &quot;Yes.&quot;&nbsp; Because
it's an itty bitty thing 
that can turn into a *major* hassle for a list admin, particularly a
less 
experienced one who's not going to know why in hell his users have
suddenly 
gone stupid and started sending all their confirms to the list.&nbsp;
Heck, *I'm* far 
from inexperienced, and when I had 6 cases of it in two days after the
bug hit 
the cvs tree *I* was initially wondering what in hell was wrong with my
users 
all of a sudden.&nbsp; Then I finally realized the headers were wrong
right about the 
point the patch hit the tree... 
 
Particularly if the list allows outside subscribers, and the listadmin
doesn't actually 
really read the list, he could have hordes of people subscribing,
pestering the list 
with their confirms, and then wondering why they never get anything from
the list 
they're actually not really subscribed to... 
 
&quot;confirm &quot; + a number should probably be an administrivia
filter trap. 
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