[gtkada] [OT] about new mailing list setting

Ken Thompson ken.thompson at gtri.gatech.edu
Fri Jan 23 15:33:20 CET 2004


But why intentionally produce duplicates. Some of us must (because of work)
use mailers that will not filter duplicates. For me, it will make the list
no longer worthwhile. I have enough mail to filter thru now without that


> -----Original Message-----
> From: gtkada-admin at lists.act-europe.fr
> [mailto:gtkada-admin at lists.act-europe.fr]On Behalf Of Arnaud Charlet
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 5:48 AM
> To: gtkada at lists.act-europe.fr
> Subject: [gtkada] [OT] about new mailing list setting
>
>
> I'm glad to see that my essage generated such number of replies.
> Apparently more people were able to answer my email than to post
> or answer questions about GtkAda itself :-)
>
> Before continuing this debate, I'd suggest everyone take a look at
> the following and the associated two URLs:
>
> <<
> There are many reasons not to introduce or override the Reply-To:
> header. One
> is that some posters depend on their own Reply-To: settings to
> convey their
> valid return address. Another is that modifying Reply-To: makes
> it much more
> difficult to send private replies.
>
> See `Reply-To' Munging Considered Harmful:
>  http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> for a general discussion of this issue.
>
> See Reply-To Munging Considered Useful for a dissenting opinion:
>  http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml
> >>
>
> Have fun reading. I haven't seen any new argument provided on
> this list so far.
>
> Arno
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