[OnTopic] common list sense (Re: Even you can be hacked)

Fri Jun 11 17:12:27 UTC 2004

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:

> Really?  My responsibility to make sure you control your outbound 
> mail.  Got it.

You really think everyone on this list should remember the preference 
of every other poster as to whether they do or do not want a direct 
copy? Maybe we could have a list on a web page and everyone could 
check the list before replying to a post. That'd be really useful. 
But wait, seeing as how we've got these new-fangled computer thingies 
that can take care of drudgery for us, how about we provide a way to 
allow the poster to specify what their preference is, and then other 
people's computers could automatically use that preference!

Oh wait:

 	http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/822/28.htm

Someone already thought of that! In *1982*. Gosh, how prescient!

(sorry if the sarcasm is a little thick, but I groan and shake my 
head every time someone posts to NANOG about how people should please 
stop including them in list replies. When I see someone who usually 
has a modicum of clue do same I just have to reply. :) )

> Oh.  Any suggestions on how to do that using my mailer?

No idea, consult its documentation. I do ctrl+r in my MUA, in 
Netscape Communicator or Mozilla mail or Thunderbird you just add the 
address in a new field and click the drop down list and change the 
'To' to 'Reply-To'

If your mailer can not do something as simple as allow you to specify 
the Reply-To, I suggest you upgrade to something that is at least 
half-decent.

> And I'll delete the other copy you sent me for you.

That's another option I guess.

> Where is RFC 2821 is this requirement, by the way?  RFC 2822
> says it is optional but seems to be less than useful in the
> context here.

Yes, of course Reply-To is optional. Absence of Reply-to indicates 
reply should go to sender.

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