[Tutor] Set Reply-To field to Tutor at python.org
Steven D'Aprano
steve at pearwood.info
Tue Jan 29 02:17:39 CET 2013
On 29/01/13 09:04, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
> One particular list that I receive has recently made an administrative
> change so that, from now on, all emails have the "Reply-To" header set
> to the list address. This means that the default behaviour when
> replying to a message is that the reply goes to the list. I think that
> this is the right thing to do by default since replying off-list is
> much less common and more likely to be something that you are
> consciously aware of when you do it.
>
> The change seems to have gone down well on the other list so I
> wondered: could it be done for this list as well?
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
http://woozle.org/~neale/papers/reply-to-still-harmful.html
versus
http://www.betacantrips.com/bits/reply_to_munging_considered_harmful_considered_infuriating/
http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml
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Steven
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