[Python-Dev] ML replies (was: CVS: python/dist/src/PCbuild readme.txt,1.5,1.6)

1 Jul 2000


      On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 10:07:47AM -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
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"MH" == Mark Hammond  writes:
MH> [I wishing mailing-lists would agree on how they handle
    MH> reply-to :-]
It's fundamentally broken, but the problem is in the mail readers
(MUA).  There's no header (that I'm aware of) that portably tells an
MUA - "Hey, for a group follow up, don't go to the original list, go
to THIS one instead, but for an individual followup (i.e. reply) still
address that to the original author."
This is one reason why munging reply-to is evil.  But in this case
we've agreed that following up to python-dev is more important than
preserving the ability to reply to the author.
What about the Mail-Followup-To header? That can be helpful for some
newsreaders (e.g. Mutt). Dunno how many observe it.

Cheers,
-g

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Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/