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List:       list-managers
Subject:    Re: Reply-To munging [Was: Consistent submit-postings ...]
From:       "Adam S. Moskowitz" <adamm () inset ! com>
Date:       1993-07-26 13:52:37
Message-ID: 199307261752.NAA21053 () garlic ! inset ! com
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In <930725.174146-0400@MReXX-0.18>, "F. Scott Ophof" <Ophof@CS.UWindsor.Ca>
wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Jul 1993 13:40:53 -0400 (EDT) Steve Simmons said:
>> This being the case, the best we can do is remind developers of user
>> mail agents they have some responsibility to show the user who the
>> response is going to, and users have responsibility for that
>> response. If the user ignores clearly offered information, then it's
>> his own problem. ]]
>
> Fully agreed.  And for the same reasons, it would seem to me that
> it's the responsibility of MLM authors/maintainers and list-owners/
> maintainers to show the user clearly the relationship between the
> item in question and the mailing list it pertains to.

On the BB-LISA (Back Bay Large Installations Systems Administration)
list, we solved (well, maybe "solved" is too strong a word) the problem
by tacking this simple "signature" onto *every* message that goes out to
the list:

	Send mail for the `bblisa' mailing list to `bblisa@inset.com'.
	Send list subscription requests to `bblisa-request@inset.com'.

It's not perfect, but it helps.

AdamM
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