On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:12:48 +0200 Jonathan McKeown <[email protected]> articulated:
> On Thursday 10 June 2010 15:04:53 Matthew Seaman wrote: > > > > The only other mechanism might be to tag each list e-mail with a > > unique value for each recipient in such a way that it is preserved > > in the message that mpcustomer.com's help system sends out. That > > has severe problems of scale and load on the FreeBSD mail servers, > > but it might be possible. There is a similar technique (whose name > > I have temporarily forgotten) that some mailing lists use where > > they tag the envelope sender address with the recipient name in > > order to identify addresses that are bouncing back the list e-mail. > > Isn't that called VERP (variable envelope return path)? I agree - the > load it would impose isn't worth it. I'm just shocked that midphase > care so little about their reputation or the impression this is > giving, on one of the more widely-archived mailing lists, of their > competence and diligence. I have employed VERP with mailing lists that I controlled. I never noticed any adverse effects. I know of several technical lists like Dovecot that employ it. Obviously, they find it useful. -- Jerry [email protected] Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ "If you have a hill to climb, waiting won't make it smaller." Anonymous _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
