On 02/19, Rok Papez wrote:
> >The problem (as I see it) is that there is no requirements or even
> >guidelines for MUAs. How's about we get all the mailing list manager
> >people together, and bash out a set of requirements that a mailing
> >list-friendly MUA will have. Then we either find a group to publish
> >them, or else create our own group, and publish them ourselves.
> >Yeah, it's work, but arguing about inserting reply-to is also work. :)
> It already works grat with PMMail (it is also available for Windows).
> The mailing list sets the Reply-To: address to the mailing list, the
> From: field is preserved. When I hit the Reply buttin in PMMail (MUA),
> he notices the difference between the "From:" and "Reply-To:" list,
> pops up a quick dialog asking me to choose to whom to reply; to the
> list
> (Reply-To) or to the poster (From:).
AFAIK most windoze programs handle Reply-To: properly.
Unfortunately, it's not a technical problem.
> Voila.. problem solved.
No! Solved for you only. You might cope with it just fine, but
once in a while someone hit the wrong button... and oops, we all see
some pretty interesting comments flying through the list. Let 'em
insert list addres deliberately. It also helps to keep traffic a
little lower.
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Roman V. Isaev http://www.gunlab.com.ru Moscow, Russia
