Re: Reply to header

[Tom von Schwerdtner]

On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 14:53 -0800, Buddy Burden wrote:
> David,
>
> > Double replies occur only, if the author is a subscriber.
> > 
> > So on lists, where anyone can post ( like LKML ) , Reply-To:
> > would be bad ( becuase the original author would not get a reply,
> > unless you add him manually ).
> > 
> > On lists, where only subscribers can post, Reply-To: might be good.
>
> Fair enough.  Which type are we?

Subscribers only.  This should probably be advertised somewhere.

> Personally, sending an email to a list I wasn't subscribed to would 
> never even occur to me.  It would be like posting to a newsgroup I never 
> read: roughly akin to shouting a question off the side of a cliff then 
> walking away.  But perhaps that's just me. :)

I have to admit it is a toss up.   I set this list to "subscribers only" because I get enough spam as it is (some from open lists, which I find especially annoying).  However it is sometimes annoying to have to subscribe to a mailing list just to ask 1 question about the subject matter.

Regards,
Tom

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