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7 Jun 1991 08:52:32 TZONE from "Forum on LISTSERV release 1.6"
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On Fri, 7 Jun 1991 08:52:32 TZONE Frank Elsner
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>1. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it possible to overcome this
> problem by setting the list definition to simply ignore "Reply-To:"
> and set it to the lists`s address ?
It is, but you see not all people set the 'Reply-To:' to point to their
address on each and every message they send, and without placing any
warning to that effect in the mail body, just for the purpose of causing
people to inadvertently send their reply where they didn't mean for it to
go. There are people who do this for good reasons - for instance, because
they are not subscribed to the list, or because they want the reply to go
both to the list and to some other party at their institution who needs
to see the answers. I am not going to set the list to ignore user
specified 'Reply-To:' tags just because a few individuals on the network
(I can think of only 2 names) systematically set 'Reply-To:' to point to
themselves and I have been stupid enough not to remember that.
>2. I didn't keep a copy of what Eric wrote. I think all of you can
> imagine the significance when you re-read the cited text above.
> Obviously he has nothing better to do than to give attributes to
> e-mail addresses, for which the user is absolutely not responsible (I
> refuse to discuss the beauty of "searn.sunet.se").
It may not be more "beautiful", but it sure is shorter and easier to
remember than W107ZRZ.ZRZ.TU-BERLIN.DBP.DE. I set your address in the
'Reply-To:' field because I was afraid some people who did want to see my
answer might be discouraged at the thought they'd have to type such a
daunting address (which, being nowhere in the header, couldn't be invoked
through some MAIL command). I realize that users are not responsible for
the site's e-mail address policy, but it was my understanding that you
were the postmaster at TU Berlin.
Eric
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