[gst-devel] Word of caution on using mailing lists

[David Schleef]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 07:03:34PM +0200, Edward Hervey wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 09:53 -0700, David Schleef wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:11:39AM +0200, Edward Hervey wrote:
> > >   I just modified the settings of the mailing-list, it now adds a
> > > 'Reply-To' field with the address of the mailing-list.
> > >   This means that if you just hit reply, your mail will only go to the
> > > mailing-list, and if you hit 'reply-all' it will go to the ml AND the
> > > original sender.
> > 
> > Um, no.  Turn it off.
> > 
> > There's a reason why mailing lists don't do this.
> > 
> > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> 
>   There's also a reason why mailing lists do it
> 
>   http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml

No, seriously.  Turn this shit off.

If you want to leave it on, please explain to me why you want to
1) break the 'group reply' button on my mailer, and 2) break people's
legitimate usage of "Reply-To:".  Your "fix" breaks way more stuff
than it solves.



dave...