Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 11:22:58 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiple copies - was Re: rc script seems to be broken for nfs Message-ID: <20010514112258.L253@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <3AFEDE8A.6F7F01F2@math.missouri.edu>; from stephen@math.missouri.edu on Sun, May 13, 2001 at 02:20:42PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105140155160.5337-100000@prophet.alphaque.com> <3AFEDE8A.6F7F01F2@math.missouri.edu>
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On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 14:20 -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > > Dinesh Nair wrote: > > > > is it only me, or has freebsd-stable been receiving multiple > > copies of this same message over and over again ? > > It may be that people mail it multiple times. [ ... reply and > reply-all aka group-reply functionality ... ] People like me > are often too lazy to edit the list of recipients of the email. Well, rumours say there's a great function called list-reply replying to the list _only_ -- but it's just too good an idea to be supported by the main stream MUAs ... :( > One way to resolve this could be to change the majordomo > settings of the freebsd mailing lists so that the "Reply-To" > field is set to e.g. freebsd-stable. NOOOOOO! Please don't! Sorry, but having suffered from this braindead "solution" before I will always argue against it and don't even want to hear people honestly suggest this. See http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html for the reasons why this is simply wrong. > One disadvantage of this approach is that it is then not so > easy to reply only to the individual who sends the email. It's not just a disadvantage. It doesn't only prevent you from answering easily, often it even prevents you from answering at all. Plus it violates POLA. Considering Reply-To munging a solution can only stem from not understanding what the field is about. It's owned by the originator and nobody merely transporting messages should even think about fumbling with it! virtually yours 82D1 9B9C 01DC 4FB4 D7B4 61BE 3F49 4F77 72DE DA76 Gerhard Sittig true | mail -s "get gpg key" Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net -- If you don't understand or are scared by any of the above ask your parents or an adult to help you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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