[Zope] - Proprsal for the zope-list configuration

[Andy Dustman]

On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 skip@calendar.com wrote:

> 
>     Michael> I would propose to set the mailfield
>     Michael>   Reply-To: zope@zope.org
>     Michael> for all articles send via the list verver.
> 
> No, no, no, no, no...  The failure mode is much worse when the default is to
> send to the list.

I hate to say "me too", but: ME TOO! Reply-To: munging is evil. I'll share
a personal (second-hand) example:

On a particular list at a major university, some faculty member announced
that he would be taking a leave of absence. Somebody asked, on the list
(since Reply-To was set to the list), if that meant he was really leaving
or just taking a leave of absence. So he replies, again to the list, it's
a leave of absence, but he's not really coming back. Oops.

With no Reply-To munging, if you mess up, you can always forward your
message to the list. With munging, well, you can't exactly take it back...

http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html 

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