[Pythonmac-SIG] Reply-To on lists
Michael Hudson
mwh@python.net
25 Oct 2002 10:25:56 +0100
Chris Barker <Chris.Barker@noaa.gov> writes:
> Michael Hudson wrote:
> > Does anyone
> > > know why the replyto field is not set to the list?
> >
> > Because setting reply-to on lists is evil.
>
> I've experienced a number of auto-reply feedback loops on mailing lists,
> but not for a long while. A number of other lists I'm on (wxPython, for
> example) have reply-to set tot he list, and it works just fine. Someone
> must ahve figured out how to filter out the auto-replies.
Well the evilness I was thinking of was that I've *I* set Reply-To: in
my mails and the list sets one, mine gets clobbered.
> I do know that I have accidentally sent replies to only the sender on
> this list a lot. Maybe I'm jsut to absent minded.
All together now: "Get a better mail client." :-)
Cheers,
M.
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