27 Apr
1998
27 Apr
'98
4:23 p.m.
"JV" == John Viega jtv2j@cs.virginia.edu writes:
"JV" == John Viega jtv2j@cs.virginia.edu writes:
JV> While I've certainly been a strong detractor of Reply-to ever
JV> since reading that article, there are still those who do not
JV> agree. I think adding the reply-to header should be an
JV> option, although it should be strongly discouraged.Strongly, strongly discouraged. Even include a link that to page and some text saying: "You don't really want to do this, but if you think you do, read this document first". :-)
JV> Ugh, I just went to the discussion forum off that page for the
JV> first time in quite a while. I see where well over a year ago
JV> I suggested that replies to a list should not be sent out to
JV> people who are in the TO or CC line (at least as an option).
JV> I'm pretty sure that feature is no longer in Mailman, and it
JV> should definitely go back in. If someone has time to Mailman
JV> hack in the near future, please consider adding that :)I guess you mean Mailman should check the To/CC address against the list of people in the expanded list, and winnow out duplicates. That would be pretty cool.
-Barry