Re: Proposal: new alternatives links
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 05:26:36PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 10:07:09PM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote:
>
> > If you set Reply-To, like I have, to the destination where you'd like
> > mail to be sent you have a greater chance of people respecting your
> > preference.
>
> Setting Reply-To: to point to the mailing list can lead to very
> unhelpful behaviour since Reply-To: really doesn't mean what you want it
> to mean:
>
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
That URL is specificly addresses mailling list managers, like
majordomo or mailman, setting reply-to.
It doesn't concern itself with when the author of an email sets
Reply-To:, like I have.
Anand
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