Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-04 Thread Mike Meyer
Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mike Meyer wrote: >> When I notice that a list is broken (RFC 2822 says that >> reply-to is for the *author* of the message; anyone else setting it is >> doing so in violation of the RFC, and hence broken, no matter how >> useful it may be), > Since whe

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-04 Thread Steve Holden
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Mike Meyer wrote: > > >>When I notice that a list is broken (RFC 2822 says that >>reply-to is for the *author* of the message; anyone else setting it is >>doing so in violation of the RFC, and hence broken, no matter how >>useful it may be), > > > Since when did obeyin

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-04 Thread Roel Schroeven
Mike Meyer wrote: > Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Is that really the desired behaviour? IMO the least you can do if you're >>searching for help is subscribing to the mailing list on which you're >>looking for help. Me and many others don't like to receive replies >>directly instea

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-04 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Mike Meyer wrote: > When I notice that a list is broken (RFC 2822 says that > reply-to is for the *author* of the message; anyone else setting it is > doing so in violation of the RFC, and hence broken, no matter how > useful it may be), Since when did obeying the RFC become important in and of

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Andrew Gwozdziewycz
On Oct 3, 2005, at 7:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Monday 03 October 2005 11:50, Roel Schroeven wrote: Peter Decker wrote:Unfortunately AFAIK most of the popular mail clients don't offer a'Reply to list' button. Even mutt only offers that functionality of you Of course if you have kmail it has

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread sszmidt
On Monday 03 October 2005 11:50, Roel Schroeven wrote: > Peter Decker wrote: > Unfortunately AFAIK most of the popular mail clients don't offer a > 'Reply to list' button. Even mutt only offers that functionality of you Of course if you have kmail it has full list support and allows you to do tha

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Mike Meyer
Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is that really the desired behaviour? IMO the least you can do if you're > searching for help is subscribing to the mailing list on which you're > looking for help. Me and many others don't like to receive replies > directly instead of via the mailing li

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Steve Holden
Roel Schroeven wrote: > Mike Meyer wrote: > >>Peter Decker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>>Setting the default Reply-To: to the list means that 'Reply' sends >>>just to the list (the desired behavior most of the time), and 'Reply >>>to all' sends 2 copies. >> >> >>No, it sends one copy to the

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Roel Schroeven
Mike Meyer wrote: > Peter Decker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Setting the default Reply-To: to the list means that 'Reply' sends >>just to the list (the desired behavior most of the time), and 'Reply >>to all' sends 2 copies. > > > No, it sends one copy to the list, and one copy to the origin

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Roel Schroeven
Mike Meyer wrote: > Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Peter Decker wrote: >> >>>Setting the default Reply-To: to the list means that 'Reply' sends >>>just to the list (the desired behavior most of the time), and 'Reply >>>to all' sends 2 copies. >> >>The thing is: Reply-to has legitim

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Mike Meyer
Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter Decker wrote: >> Setting the default Reply-To: to the list means that 'Reply' sends >> just to the list (the desired behavior most of the time), and 'Reply >> to all' sends 2 copies. > The thing is: Reply-to has legitimate uses. I don't really unde

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Mike Meyer
Peter Decker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Setting the default Reply-To: to the list means that 'Reply' sends > just to the list (the desired behavior most of the time), and 'Reply > to all' sends 2 copies. No, it sends one copy to the list, and one copy to the original author. This is the behavio

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Rocco Moretti
Roel Schroeven wrote: > Peter Decker wrote: > >>On 10/3/05, Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>On lists like this, where everyone benefits by sharing information, it >>seems pretty lame to hide behind purist arguments about Reply-To: >>headers. The default behavior should be the one mo

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Roel Schroeven
Peter Decker wrote: > On 10/3/05, Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>The default of this list is not to make conversations private; in fact >>the list doesn't have any default. It's you who chooses to send replies >>to the original author, to the list, or both, by choosing which butt

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Peter Decker
On 10/3/05, Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The default of this list is not to make conversations private; in fact > the list doesn't have any default. It's you who chooses to send replies > to the original author, to the list, or both, by choosing which button > to press in your mail

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Roel Schroeven
Peter Decker wrote: > On 10/3/05, Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Indeed, and that's by design: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html > > > Of course, that's only one side of the argument: > > http://www.blackgate.net/consulting/reply-to_munging_useful.html > > On lis

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Peter Decker
On 10/3/05, Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Indeed, and that's by design: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html Of course, that's only one side of the argument: http://www.blackgate.net/consulting/reply-to_munging_useful.html On lists like this, where everyone benefits by s

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Ben Finney
Richie Hindle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Andrew] > > Is it just me, or does python-list@python.org not send with a > > Reply-To header? > > It's not just you. I don't get one either. Excellent! That leaves the Reply-To field free for its intended use: to give the return address for an individ

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Roel Schroeven
Richie Hindle wrote: > [Andrew] > >>Is it just me, or does python-list@python.org not send with a Reply- >>To header? > > > It's not just you. I don't get one either. Indeed, and that's by design: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html -- If I have been able to see further, it was o

Re: Reply-To header

2005-10-03 Thread Richie Hindle
[Andrew] > Is it just me, or does python-list@python.org not send with a Reply- > To header? It's not just you. I don't get one either. -- Richie Hindle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list