From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA15401; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 21:55:16 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA15699 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 21:55:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from nexus.stwing.upenn.edu (NEXUS.STWING.UPENN.EDU [165.123.132.61]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g6DJtDj19171 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 21:55:14 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from force.stwing.upenn.edu (daemon@force.stwing.upenn.edu [165.123.132.65]) by nexus.stwing.upenn.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6DJtBT08184 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168 bits) verified NO) for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 15:55:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from wlovas@localhost) by force.stwing.upenn.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g6DJtBI14346 for caml-list@inria.fr; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 15:55:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 15:55:10 -0400 From: William Lovas To: Ocaml Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Newsgroup? Message-ID: <20020713195510.GA13955@force.stwing.upenn.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Ocaml References: <3D303B32.9030608@baretta.com> <20020713185548.73e84847.nicolas.francois@free.fr> <3D307575.5060203@baretta.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D307575.5060203@baretta.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk I know this is not terribly on-topic, but in case anyone else is interested... On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 08:46:13PM +0200, Alessandro Baretta wrote: > Nicolas FRANCOIS (AKA El Bofo) wrote: > >This is not a problem of your Mozilla. The "Reply to" field is set by the > >list manager. > > This is precisely why I have asked that the list manager set > the Reply To: field to "caml-list@inria.fr" Actually, Mozilla has, as do most modern mailers, a Reply-to-All function: Message->Reply to All, or Ctrl-Shift-R. In fact, if you use something like Mutt, you actually get a Reply-to-List function, if you've configured things properly. > >>Another possible means of addressing the issue would be to > >>configure the mailing list server to fill in the "From:" > >>field with the address of the list as opposed to the address > >>of the actual sender of the message. > > > >Again, it is not a problem with "From", but with "Reply to". > > Correct. In my previous message I had mentioned the wrong field. An interesting document detailing one person's opinion on the subject: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html Basically, the idea is that without adding (or worse, changing) the Reply-To field, you can choose how you want to reply -- to sender, or to all -- but if a Reply-To header is added, you lose that functionality. I don't speak for the caml-list managers, but perhaps this is the reason why they don't use such a header. cheers, William ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners