A listadmin's plea.....

Kysh kysh@lapdragon.org
Wed, 1 Aug 2001 13:09:11 -0700


On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 01:02:36PM -0700, Michael Alan Dorman wrote:
> Kysh <debkysh@lapdragon.org> writes:
> > No, because if we do that, then we can't sort things as easily, nor
> > can we figure out what lists are being harvested for
> > spam. *CoughDebianlistsCough*
> 
> You could set the other addresses to nomail or use procmail or sieve
> or what-have-you to filter out duplicates.

That ain't what I'm talking about. 

> Or you can get mail reader software that allows you to default the
> from and/or sender based on who you're replying to, thus insuring that
> when you reply to bad mail, it uses the subscribed address.

Unfortunately, the reply-to goes to the individual, not the list, so that
feature is useless. 

> Be kind to your listowners.

Only if the listowners do things right. ;> 

-Kysh
PS. No offense intended, listadmin.
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