On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 09:42:52AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote: > I have > > # set followup_to = yes > > in my .mutt/muttrc---so I'm using the default---but I'm still > unaffected. I think this is because I don't have any lists specified > (using the lists and subscribe commands). And note that there are lists > that consider using MFT to be good, ISTR that it applies to > *@lists.debian.org, but cannot currently find a reference to support > that claim. The problem is that using MFT only works if all recipents > are using and respecting it.
Your last statement is total rubbish. This header is seen by the mainstream Linux community as being totally evil. > If Russell is annoyed in general by MFT, he could unset > honor_followup_to. And how does that stop the problem when someone *else* replies to the message with a Mail-Followup-To? FYI, I was hounded off LKML for having that header set. When people have this header set, and people reply to such a message, all recipients get moved into the To: header. This makes it impossible on high traffic lists for people to prioritise their reading of messages according to whether they're in the To: header or just in the Cc: header. Being in the To: header means that someone is directing the message *AT* you and wanting *YOU* to do something with it. Being in the Cc: is more "for information" and so takes a lower priority. Hence, when someone replies to a message, and their mail client ends up moving all recipients into the To: header, it completely destroys the ability to prioritise the reading. So, either we adopt the same position here as the rest of the Linux community wrt this header, or I'm just going to read messages on the list at random, completely ignoring whether I'm in the To: header or not. What that means is that there will have *no way* to attract my attention to any email message - since I will not care one bit whether I'm listed me in the To: header or not. And no, you are NOT going to pester me on IRC each time. -- FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: 5.8Mbps down 500kbps up. Estimation in database were 13.1 to 19Mbit for a good line, about 7.5+ for a bad. Estimate before purchase was "up to 13.2Mbit". -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
