Re: [SM-DEVEL] reply-to considered harmful

[Paul J. T. <cap...@sq...>]

Gustav Foseid said:
> Sam Johnston:
>> here's some trivia for you all... a somewhat more concise
>> reasoning behind not using reply-to headers:
>>
>> http://www.glasswings.com.au/ezmlm/faq-0.40/FAQ-9.html#ss9.8
>>
>> This is not recommended, since it leads to dissemination via the
>> list of messages returned from bad auto-responders and MTAs.
>> Also, it may lead to public replies to the list where personal
>> replies were intended. In addition, the original ``Reply-To:''
>> header is lost.
>>
>> Reason enough? I think so.
>
> No, i don't think so.
>
> Reply-To is the standard way of telling the client where to send
> the reply. the fact that Dan Bernstein has found a better way of
> doing it in his software does not mean that:
>
> - Other software support his way of doing it
> - His arguing is valid for something that is not mailing lists

I agree with Gustav. Remember, though, that Sourceforge gives us no
choice about the reply-to stuff anyhow...

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