I am having to resend this to the procmail list for the very reason
that I failed to take my own advice. Most of the lists I subscribe to
automatically send a reply back to the list by default, so I failed to
heed my own advice and was not paying attention to the procmail list
(curse, swear, rant, rave).
Paul
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 18:21:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul O Bartlett <pobart(_at_)access(_dot_)digex(_dot_)net>
To: "J. Daniel Smith" <DanS(_at_)bristol(_dot_)com>
Subject: Re: Sendmail and resent- headers
On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, J. Daniel Smith wrote (excerpt):
-I"Reply-To: listname(_at_)domain" \
This is generally a rather bad idea as it *forces* all replies to go
to the list rather than leaving that decision to the end user (a
"Reply" verses "Follow-up"). It can also cause problems with
auto-responders, bounced messages, and other such things as they will
use the Reply-To: address and send mail to the entire list.
This seems to be one of those issues that there may never be
agreement on. I have subscribed to various and assorted lists. Some
Reply-To: _the_original_sender_ and some Reply-To: _the_list_ . People
curse, swear, rant, and rave over both methods. (Personally I prefer
the Reply-To: to be the list.) Each method has its arguments in favor.
Some people like chocolate syrup on their mashed potatos, and some
people prefer strawberry jam. What it comes down to is this: check the
headers before you send any piece of mail and make sure they do what
you want. (And I myself have never seen any of the dire predictions in
Mr. Smith's second sentence come to pass.)
Paul <pobart(_at_)access(_dot_)digex(_dot_)net>
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