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Re: [sup-talk] mailinglists in CC

Excerpts from Tero Tilus's message of Thu Aug 19 08:49:21 -0400 2010:
> Whoa!
> 
> Mailing lists _can_ do that, but they should not.  Ironically you
> happend to mention one of the reasons why they should not.  :D
> 
> Let's consider the max damage done by modifying vs. not modifying
> reply-to: If the header is unmangled the user may in certain
> sircumstances accidentally send private mail instead of list mail.
> That's an annoyance at most.  If the header is mangled by list server
> the user may in certain sircumstances accidentally send list mail
> instead of private mail.  That may cost the user a lot of goodwill,
> money or her job.  Ergo, list setting reply-to header violates the
> principle of least damage.

Yes, that's one of the endless philosophical debates about email and
mailing lists. I do actually agree with that, it is better not to set
the Reply-To header.

I was using as an example to show that Sup is behaving correctly in
this case :-).

Cheers,
Israel
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