I just read this FAQ, and I still don't see a good reason why not to change the REPLY-TO. The primary reason offered is that it will prevent people from sending messages in private, but that is not really the case (the FROM field will still contain the sender's address and it can simply be cut & paste). I just don't see anything "evil."
I am with Doug -- it is better to have something set up to where people don't have to think about performing the normal operation, and and it is acceptable that the exception (when you want to write someone privately) might require a little more work (cut & paste). I wonder how often the answers to questions don't make it on the list because somebody forgot to press "reply-all". My two cents. Jeremy --- Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Doug Essinger-Hileman wrote: > > > On 30 Jun 2003 at 21:23, Derick Rethans wrote: > > > > > > I'm wondering why the listed "Reply To" > address is not > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > Thing would be so much easier to just reply > than cut-n-paste when > > > > reply to the entire list on a subject (which > is the norm). > > > > > > That's an evil thing, and misusing e-mail. > E-mail clients have the > > > "reply-all" function for this. > > > > I disagree with you Derick. In many (most? all?) > programs, the reply- > > all function will send an email back to the list > **and** one to the > > author. This wastes bandwidth needlessly, in my > opinion. I receive > > the messages to the list and do not need to > receive a message sent > > directly to me. > > You have procmail for that. There is some very good > explanation for > this, see > http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/faq/maillist.html#munge_reply-to > > Derick > > > -- > "Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job > best left to those > that read the future by > examining animal entrails." > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Derick Rethans > http://derickrethans.nl/ > International PHP Magazine > http://php-mag.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
