* oooohhhhh... bitten once again by an evil "reply-to"-setting mailing list
@ 1998-08-13 15:20 Randal Schwartz
1998-08-13 15:45 ` Kai Grossjohann
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From: Randal Schwartz @ 1998-08-13 15:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
OK, what can I do about those lame mailing lists (about a fourth of
them, in my experience) that add "reply-to: the-list@where.ever", so
that both the "r" and the "f" buttons do EXACTLY the SAME THING?
Is there something I can set in the group-params that says "ignore
reply-to"?
Of course, I've tried to convince these folks time and time again that
this means that an *individual* cannot add a "reply-to" to their own
message and have it be used. :(
But they claim "hey, it makes it easier for people to keep the
conversations on the list instead of amongst the individuals". <Sigh>
The average IQ of the net is dropping rapidly.
At least I didn't say something very embarassing this time. Last time
it was much worse, and I raised more hell over it. Still to no avail.
(Funny, that group said that nearly everyone that signs on and gets
bit then complains... I think they feel it is a rite of passage. :)
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* Re: oooohhhhh... bitten once again by an evil "reply-to"-setting mailing list
1998-08-13 15:20 oooohhhhh... bitten once again by an evil "reply-to"-setting mailing list Randal Schwartz
@ 1998-08-13 15:45 ` Kai Grossjohann
1998-08-13 15:45 ` Bud Rogers
1998-08-13 15:53 ` Randal Schwartz
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From: Kai Grossjohann @ 1998-08-13 15:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
>>>>> Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com> writes:
> OK, what can I do about those lame mailing lists (about a fourth
> of them, in my experience) that add "reply-to:
> the-list@where.ever", so that both the "r" and the "f" buttons do
> EXACTLY the SAME THING?
There's a `broken reply-to' group parameter. Type G c on the group.
kai
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* Re: oooohhhhh... bitten once again by an evil "reply-to"-setting mailing list
1998-08-13 15:20 oooohhhhh... bitten once again by an evil "reply-to"-setting mailing list Randal Schwartz
1998-08-13 15:45 ` Kai Grossjohann
@ 1998-08-13 15:45 ` Bud Rogers
1998-08-13 15:53 ` Randal Schwartz
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From: Bud Rogers @ 1998-08-13 15:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
Edit Group Properties for the offending lists. I stumbled onto this while
wandering around in the gnus info files.
`broken-reply-to'
Elements like `(broken-reply-to . t)' signals that `Reply-To'
headers in this group are to be ignored. This can be useful if
you're reading a mailing list group where the listserv has inserted
`Reply-To' headers that point back to the listserv itself. This is
broken behavior. So there!
--
Bud Rogers <budr@sirinet.net>
formerly <budr@tanet.net>
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* Re: oooohhhhh... bitten once again by an evil "reply-to"-setting mailing list
1998-08-13 15:20 oooohhhhh... bitten once again by an evil "reply-to"-setting mailing list Randal Schwartz
1998-08-13 15:45 ` Kai Grossjohann
1998-08-13 15:45 ` Bud Rogers
@ 1998-08-13 15:53 ` Randal Schwartz
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Randal Schwartz @ 1998-08-13 15:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "Randal" == Randal Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com> writes:
Randal> Is there something I can set in the group-params that says "ignore
Randal> reply-to"?
Duh. RTFM.
Thank you for providing that feature *already*!
(Yes, thanks to the half dozen people that sent me messages
saying "set broken-reply-to".)
I can't believe I called the support line before I picked up the
manual. Shame on me. I'm turning in my "unix guru card" for 24 hours
now. :)
(Admittedly, part of the reason I posted was to point out how much a
feature like that is needed. :)
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