RE: [PHP-DB] Mailinglist "Reply-To" field

The Reply To field is really irrelevant. I'm used to seeing the mailling list in the From field, which makes sense, since that's who is sending me the e-mail. If that requires evil munging, then having the mailing list always appear in the same place would be helpful. The To field would be nice. If "standard" mailing list behavior is achieved through nonstandard means, or if is going to make life really difficult for the administrator, then it should be avoided. It's just that I haven't seen anything that requires a mailing list to act the way this one does. Disclaimer: Not an expert on mailing lists. Bob Hall -----Original Message----- From: Vince LaMonica [mailto:Vince.LaMonica@quest.com] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 12:50 PM To: Rasmus Lerdorf Cc: Robert Hall; 'php-db@lists.php.net' Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Mailinglist "Reply-To" field On 2000-07-20, Rasmus Lerdorf stated: } What several people have told you is that there is nothing wrong with the } procedure. What you consider standard mailing list procedure is a badly } run mailing list. You just happen to be on more badly run ones and thus } you consider that the norm. I think one of the issues he is raising is *where* php-db@lists.php.net appears in the header. Sometimes it is in the CC: header and sometimes it's in the To: header. It would be nice if the list always had its address in the To: header for consistency [and for folks who might not have procmail or have limited filtering abilities]. /vjl/ [who has mixed feelings of reply-to munging - one of the bad things about it is the duplicate messages [and increased bandwidth] caused by folks using the 'reply to all' features of their MUA]