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[Matt Taggart]

mike cullerton writes...

> well, as others have mentioned, if "reply to sender" has become the 
> standard, it is a relatively recent standard.

Every list I'm on (30+) has this policy. It's the default for several of 
the major list software packages. Are you on lists that don't this? What 
software do they use?

> i have been reading lists since they all ran on bitnet. back in the day, 
> they _all_ had responses going back to the list. it's a discussion list 
> for chrissake!

What list software did they use?

> it seems to me, that when replying to a posting on a discussion list, the 
> standard desire is for the message to go to the list and the original 
> sender shouldn't get two copies.

Seems like a reasonable idea, but then it makes replies inconsistant. Have 
you read "Reply-to-munging considered harmful"? I really think it makes 
good arguements along these lines. I guess it boils down to if you believe 
that "Consistant is beter than better".

> our new policy means we have to edit headers to achieve this desire.

Yes.

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Matt Taggart
taggart at fc.hp.com