> The chief mischief of Bcc'ing a list, I think, is that it defeats users'
> attempts to filter their incoming mail using list names (etc.) in well-known
> headers.
That's why I tell users (and put in my docs) to filter off of the
sender. I can guarantee what the Sender: field says off my server. And
I think most decent list servers use Sender: now, and it doesn't depend
on coercing reply-to or the typing vagaries of the user.
> There's something vaguely bothering me about promoting a Bcc to a Cc, because
> if the Cc line already has other recipients,
That was sort of my feeling -- while it seems like a reasonable thing
to do at first glance, it's not a no-brainer for two reasons. First is
the disclosing of a Bcc, explictly or implictly. Even though by
definition if it's coming off the list the Bcc: is disclosed anyway (in
the Sender:, say), it still seems weird. And second, that funny voice
in my head keeps saying "you know,if this was such a great idea,
someone would have done it by now. They haven't, so why not?" (grin)
> a list member who does a normal
> "Reply All" will send to those recipients as well, who will rightfully be
> wondering how that person got hold of the message. (That's true of any Bcc,
Hmm. By Bcc:ing a list that doesn't coerce reply-to as reply-to-list,
is that a way for a user to explicitly say "reply to me privately"? If
so, I'd say that's a legitimate reason NOT to do this, since there's a
legitimate reason to use it this way. Maybe we don't, or don't often,
but in the "reply to me and I"ll summarize" school of mail lists, now
that I think of this, it could be useful. (but, ohoh, there goes that
voice again....)
> A solution might be to add the list name in an added header, like
> X-Original-Bcc: or something, just so a "view all headers" action by the list
But that defeats my purpose -- doing this is primarily for the
newer/naive user. If they're smart enough to know about extra headers
and/orfiltering, then they aren't likely to NEED me helping them on
this....
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