Re: Duplicate messages on this list
On Dec 9, 1997, at 00:59, Carl Mummert wrote:
> Assuming no Sender line, or Sender = From, I beleive that the following
> mapping is compliant with the standard:
>
> >From -> Sender (Sender is omitted if
> it is the same as From,
> but it's not, anymore)
> Reply-To -> From (So From, as the rfc wants, shows the
> which machine the message came from)
> Reply-To: debian-foo@...
>
> In other words,
>
> ( reply-to == "debain-foo..." ? noop :
> (From == Sender || Sender == "") ?
> Sender = from, from = reply-to,
> reply-to = debain-foo :
> x-old-sender = sender, sender = from,
> from = reply-to, reply-to = debain-foo )
>
>
> Now, the questions are, Can we do this? and Do we want to do this?
And the answers are (to me, at least): YES and YESSSSS!!!
I'm pretty sure procmail can handle this remapping. Otherwise,
sendmail should be up to the task. As others have pointed (even those
who are against setting the Reply-To header to point to the list),
this preserves all the original information and allows those who MUST
set Reply-To to something (i.e. those behind brain-dead firewalls) to
still set it to their advantage.
So, who do I pester now with the request to do this? Who is the list
administrator?
> Carl Mummert
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