I checked a few other ASF lists and they all have Reply-To set either to the current list or to dev@ for lists such as commits@ and notifications@
On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 08:47, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > -1 > > Changing the reply-to configuration increases the chances of message > threads being moved off-list by accident. I am concerned about the risk > of harm to the community that that represents. > > I vote to leave the current list configuration as it. I do not see any > of the issues described. (I'm using Thunderbird.) > > On 11/02/2019 08:24, Eitan Adler wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > The mailing list dev@commons.apache.org appears to always and forcibly > > set the header Reply-To: Commons Developers List > > <dev@commons.apache.org>. I had asked INFRA to remove this remove the > > reply-to munging. They asked for documented consensus before making > > this change. > > > > This is broken for multiple reasons. > > > > It violates RFC 2822 which requires that reply-to MUST only be used > > for when " ... the author of the message suggests that replies be > > sent." > > > > While this should be enough, it is useful to explain some of the > > reasoning the standard is the way it is: > > > > - It breaks MUAs that have "reply to all" and "reply" (and maybe even > > "reply to list"). In doing so, having this setting greatly increases > > the chance of privacy violations by people that expect the mailing > > lists to act normally. If you're trying to send a private reply using > > the normal method to reply, the message will be made public. > > I don't see this. > > Reply - > original poster > Reply List -> list > Reply All -> List and OP > > > - It adds nothing: by means of copy and paste a private reply is still > > possible, just annoying, and a workaround for a broken mailing list > > No need for this workaround in Thunderbird. > > > - Some mail readers provide 'personal mail' indicators. This only > > triggered when you are on the CC or TO lines. The 'feature' breaks > > this. > > - Some people prefer mail CCed to them as well as the mailing list, > > especially if reading a mailing list is lower priority than personal > > mail. > > Both the above require that replies are sent to both the list and the > OP. While some people might prefer this, others do not. And we have no > way of telling which list subscribers fall into which camp. > > Mail clients usually have other ways to mark threads that are of interest . > > Mark > > > > As such I'd like to vote that we fix the dev@ mailing list > > > > +1 = the mailing list misconfiguration will be removed > > -1 = the mailing list will continue to remain broken > > > > -- > > Eitan Adler > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
