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

[Edward Hervey]

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

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> dave...
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