[Mailman-Users] Muti-Mailman install

[Allan Odgaard]

For users who have their mail go through procmail the problem can be  
fixed by a rule like the following. But in light of Brads letter, I  
feel it is necessary to add a disclaimer saying that if this setting  
gets you killed or fired, I cannot be held responsible! :p

     :0 fw
     * ^TO_mailman-users at python.org|^List-id: .*<mailman- 
users.python.org>
     | formail -i "Reply-To: mailman-users at python.org"

A more fancy solution could extract the list address from the list- 
post header (and target all list letters w/o a reply-to).

I use an anonymous remailer so personally wouldn’t work for me, plus  
when people reply to me and cc the list, there are no list headers in  
that message, even though it is a list message (one of the reasons  
“reply to poster” sucks).

Btw: does anyone know any of these many MUAs that Brad speak of? I  
can’t help but wonder how users of these can participate in list  
conversation with Mailman’s default setting, given their inability to  
control where their letters are sent to.


On 19 Jun 2008, at 23:23, Brad Knowles wrote:

> Charles Marcus wrote:
>
>> Whats the big deal anyway? If you want lists configured to reply to  
>> the list, just set it that way. What difference does it make what  
>> the default is?
>
> The point is that there are lots of MUAs out there that are broken,  
> and if you screw with the Reply-To: header, they are completely and  
> totally unable to change who the reply is sent to.
>
> This is how private information gets exposed on public lists, with  
> consequences ranging from just being personally embarassing, to  
> getting you fired, to actually being life-threatening in some cases.
>
> Do you really want to be responsible for something that could get  
> someone killed?