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Subject: Re: reply to list
From: Alvin Oga <alvin @ planet . fef . com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:01:44 -0800 (PST)
To: bwana @ situationroom . org (Tim O'Neil)
Cc: alvin @ planet . fef . com (Alvin Oga), majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <4.3.2.7.2.20010322193009.03c05f88@mail.situationroom.org> from "Tim O'Neil" at Mar 22, 2001 07:33:25 PM


hi ya...

isn't this the same/similar reasons as why vi is 
better/worst than emacs...

why linux is better/worst than microsoft...

- think its a preference issue...

http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html 
http://www.google.com/search?q=considered+harmful

have fun
alvin

> Tim O'Neil wrote:
> 
> At 06:58 PM 3/22/2001, you wrote:
> >Tim O'Neil wrote:
> > >
> > > How does one set replies to a list rather
> > > than the individual poster of that list?
> >
> >This is a HIGHLY DISCOURAGED practice, but
> >it can be done be setting the reply_to =
> >of your listname.conf file to $LIST
> 
> Yes, I saw remarks to the same in the list archives,
> the reason given was a link to an rfc that didn't
> make much sense to me. As for putting a $LIST tag
> in that field that was the first thing I did, and it
> didn't seem to work, so I put the literal name of the
> field in there and that did it. Would anyone care to
> briefly say in their own words why setting the reply
> to the list is not a good idea?
> 
> 




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