[Mailman-Developers] [Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>] Re: Bounceremoval parameters default values

[Somuchfun]

J.C., I agree with you that there is never a right time. BUT, when
introducing a new feature (like mailman did with the VERP bounce probes) it
is wise to have the option to turn this feature off (perhaps until 2.1.6
comes out) to give people time to adjust their settings and systems. 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: J C Lawrence [mailto:claw at kanga.nu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:19 PM
> To: Somuchfun
> Cc: 'Brad Knowles'; mailman-developers at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Developers] [Greg Stark 
> <gsstark at mit.edu>] Re: Bounceremoval parameters default values 
> 
> On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:04:14 -0700 
> somuchfun  <somuchfun at atlantismail.com> wrote:
> 
> > The issue is not whether it was obvious or not, the issue 
> is that this
> > new feature cannot even be turned off, just changed to a different
> > format.  Since there are many configurations out there that 
> might not
> > work with VERP I find introducing a feature that is on by 
> default and
> > that cannot be turned off causing more harm than doing good.
> 
> Without disagreeing with your point:
> 
>   At some point Mailman ends up in the position of pushing technical
>   standard adoption (such as the RFC 2369 List-* headers).  No matter
>   when the adoption decision is made someone will be unhappy.
> 
>   Plus addressing is not even close to new.  I'm aware of no 
> production
>   MTAs that don't support plus-addressing.  At what point 
> should Mailman
>   simply assume technical capability on the part of 
> installation sites?
>   Mailman already currently assumes a number of non-default 
> things about
>   the execution space, why not plus-addressing as well?
> 
>   When is the right time?
> 
> Remember:  You don't have to upgrade.
> 
> -- 
> J C Lawrence
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