Re: Mailing List
J C Lawrence <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:15:43 +0100 Markus Gloede <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting that the list should start with such a basic yet mail > related question. Quite. > I for one vote against this since in longer threads with different > MUAs involved subjects might become quite ugly, While I dislike Subject: tags as signal-losing cruft, your argument is weak. Any competent MLM will flatten and prevent such tag growths. Majordomo, which this list uses, should have little problem. > Most email programs are capable to filter using To and From addresses. List-ID (RFC 2369) is the ideal header to file by. Unfortunately this list is not currently configured to support List-Id, tho it does other List-* headers. Outside of the List-* headers, Sender: is the most reliable as it is proof across BCCs. To: and From: are weak on that score. > While we're discussing trivialities: I suggest (if the mail list > handling software is capable of doing this) that the Reply-To header > be set to the list address to avoid discussions going off-list > involuntarily. This is a well battered minefield: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml I'd prefer no reply-to munging for the reasons stated in Chip Rosenthal's screed. > P.S.: Is there going to be a list archive? If yes, will personal email > addresses in the messages be obscured? Gmane is probably the best bet, and adds the benefit of making the list available via NNTP: http://gmane.org/ Depending on the configuration used for the GMane mirror, email addresses can be obscured or not: http://gmane.org/tmda.php With the list owner's permission I'll get the ball rolling on having this list mirrored on GMane. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [email protected] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.