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

[Phil Mocek < >]

Phil Mocek wrote:
> 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.

Oops.  That's not quite right.  #1 isn't the case.  I didn't *forget* to
use my list address; I didn't mean to send my message to the list, but
to the sender, but the reply-to munging sabotaged me.  If I wasn't using
this "one address for mailing lists and another for mailing people
directly" scheme, then my "Hey, it looks like you meant to send a
private message but instead sent it to every subscriber," message would,
itself, have been sent to every subscriber.

I hope the managers of this list will consider disabling this option.

-- 
Phil Mocek
http://mocek.org