Re: Building on OSX

[Adam Fedor]

On Jan 23, 2009, at 7:54 AM, David Chisnall wrote:

> Also, remember that the GNUstep lists are set up so that, unlike  
> most other lists that require moderator approval to post, they don't  
> rewrite the Reply-to: field in the email.  This means that you need  
> to remember to hit reply to all, not just reply, in your mail  
> client, or only the person who sent the email will see it.  This is  
> difficult to do, since it's different behaviour from almost every  
> other email you will reply to, but apparently it's sensible for some  
> convoluted reason.

The mailman admin page has this to say about setting Reply-To:

Where are replies to list messages directed? Poster is <em>strongly</ 
em> recommended for most mailing lists

There are many reasons not to introduce or override the Reply-To:  
header. One is that some posters depend on their own Reply-To:  
settings to convey their valid return address. Another is that  
modifying Reply-To:  makes it much more difficult to send private  
replies. See `Reply-To' Munging Considered Harmful for a general  
discussion of this issue. See Reply-To Munging Considered Useful for a  
dissenting opinion.

http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html

http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml (This link is  
broken).

Although if there were enough opinionated people I'd consider changing  
it.