Re: MFT on nntp (was: PGP/GPG and AOL)

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

Josh Huber <huber@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
> Does it make sense for a news->mail gateway to automatically add a
> Mail-Followup-To header pointing at the mailing list?

I'd rather see the news clients add it.  I don't think it's possible
for gateways to get it completely right.  Consider when a
non-subscriber is included in a thread's MFT; when another list is
included, etc.

> I know this header shouldn't be autogenerated, but that's refering
> to mailing list software.

Right.  Mail *clients* are encouraged to generate it.  So news clients
could do the same, for gatewayed groups.

> perhaps a MFT: ding@gnus.org could be added when the Mail-Copies-To:
> nobody/never header is present?

That would only help for people not using Gnus.  For this group, it
wouldn't have much effect.

> I don't know what the best solution for this is without adding some
> group parameter for "newsgroup's news->mail gateway address".

That might be the best thing.


paul