On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 09:04, Ryan M. Golbeck wrote: > Alexander Hvostov <alex@aoi.dyndns.org> writes: > > > It tells you where to send replies _if_ _you_ _want_ _to_ _reply_ _to_ > > _the_ _list_. The idea here is it's up to the user to decide whether > > reply to the list or in private; List-Post tells the user's mailer where > > to send to if the user chooses to reply to the list, and From tells the > > user's mailer where to send to if the user chooses to reply in private. > > No. It tells you where to send *posts* if you want to *post* to the > list. Why should it be up to the mailing list admin to dictate > whether *I* want to be CC'ed on replies to my post? This is why > another header is needed. I like to be CC'ed on replies because my > main email address and list address are different, and so replies to > my posts go right to me, which is nice. Then another header is in order, to say so: X-CC-On-List-Replies: <user@example.com> How's that? > > That, in my opinion, is the best way of eliminating the problem of > > private mails getting sent to the list and vice versa: you let the user > > decide to reply to the sender or the list, and the mailer knows enough > > to do both. > > It is the best way of eliminating private mails, maybe. But thats not > what everyone wants. I can see why it doesn't solve the problem of you telling others you want to be CC'd on list replies, but why is this not the best way of list mails getting sent privately? Alex. -- PGP Public Key: http://aoi.dyndns.org/~alex/pgp-public-key -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:++ a18 C++(++++)>$ UL+++(++++) P--- L+++>++++ E---- W+(+++) N- o-- K+ w--- !O M(+) V-- PS+++ PE-- Y+ PGP+(+++) t* 5-- X-- R tv b- DI D+++ G e h! !r y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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