RE: [Nms-cgi-devel] Proposed programs' header skeleton

[Wizard <wi...@ne...>]

> BTW: Why am I getting Oliver's replies but not the messages to which
> Oliver replies? Are people sending privately rather than to the list?
> It's really much more helpful if people send to the list - volume is
> good and it may well save duplication and it means everything is on
> record, such as design decisions.

The list sets the 'From' address to the sender's address, and the 'CC'
address to the distribution list. Most other lists do it this way, which I
think is stupid. It should set the 'From' address to either both addresses
(which I'm not sure is possible), or just the list address, and leave the
'CC' field blank.
In order to reply to the list presently, you need to 'Reply to all'. You can
then remove the sender's email address.

Actually, what might be best would be if the list would set the 'From'
address to "User Name co nms <nms...@li...>". This
would show the User's name in most MUAs, but reply to the list. This would
also be nice for anonymity from email harvesters and to keep people from
flaming privately without using the list.

Grant M.