Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Configuration of this list: Reply-To:, acceptance

[Bishop <bi...@pl...>]

> Hello All,
>
> wouldn't it be nice if this list would set the Reply-To: to the list
> address? Many times I forget to correct the address when answering to
> the list, and the reply goes to the poster instead of the list.

-1

I don't usually write so much mail to so many people, just so that my mail
isn't soon seen as 'spam.'  Likewise, although I have procmail weeding out
these reply-to addresses, my preference is also that lists DON'T force
replies back to the list.  Replying only to the author of a message -
unless the message specifically should be one addressed to the entire list
- and having the author of the original messages assemble a follow-up to
his/her original post in order summarise the responses, helps keep mail
traffic down while still keeping the information high.  Signal/noise and
all that.

> And I would also set the list to accept mail only from subscribers
> due to two reasons: spammers send mail to this list *), and I don't
> want to send (successfully) by accident with the mail address of my
> employer.

+1

While that one's a bit of a hassle to force posters to subscribe, it
avoids a lot of crap posting from spammers who may be wanting to harvest
brain dead 'away'/'vacation' messages.  A product of the times, setting
member-only to posts on a list is now almost a required thing.

In short, I'm all about signal-noise ratios.