
>
> On Tue, 12 May 1998, George Tracy wrote:
>
> > Most of us don't use Pine. This type of identification is redundant.
>
> Redundant to a computer filter but not to a human scanning a mail index
> (which was actually why I was hoping we could make this change).
>
> > If we're going to ask Enrique to do any administriva let's ask him to
> > force the Reply-To field to the list address.
>
> Absolutely. That's an excellent idea.
The only case where that is justifiable is on this list
and SOREHAND, where everyone has a problem with typing.
Setting Reply-To: back to the list makes mail loops *much*
more likely. One mail loop can ruin your whole day
(imagine 200 messages coming in in an hour and a half).
See:
http://www.unicom.com/FAQ/reply-to-harmful.html
Bonnie Scott
bonnie@@ans.net