[chef] list manager is performing reply-to munging, which is generally inadvisable

[Phil Mocek < >]

The management software running this list is performing reply-to
munging, and probably should not be doing so.

I noticed because a few minutes ago, I tried to send a friendly,
off-list, notice to someone that he had seemingly sent a message
intended only for colleagues at this place of business to the whole
list.  My message bounced back from Sympa because 1) I forgot to address
it from my mailing-list-specific address and my regular address is not a
subscriber to this list, and 2) Sympa is setting the reply-to header to
the list (known as "reply-to munging"), so whether I instruct my MUA to
reply to the list or to reply to the sender of a message, it's going to
go to the list.

See also:

  * "Reply-To" Munging Considered Harmful
    <http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html>

  * "Reply-To" Munging Still Considered Harmful. Really.
    <http://woozle.org/~neale/papers/reply-to-still-harmful.html>

-- 
Phil Mocek
http://mocek.org