Re: mea máxima culpa

[David Kastrup]

Tim McNamara <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sep 10, 2013, at 11:14 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Patrick or Cynthia Karl <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>>>> From: Thomas Morley <address@hidden>
>>>> To: Patrick or Cynthia Karl <address@hidden>
>>> 
>>>> [deleting billions of lines]
>>> 
>>>> From: James Harkins < address@hidden>
>>>> Patrick or Cynthia Karl <pckarl <at> mac.com> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Well, I don't have an answer to the question, but... a reminder... it is 
>>>> VERY 
>>>> uncool to quote an *entire digest* when you're replying to only one 
>>>> message.
>>> 
>>> I am so sorry and will try to do much better.
>> 
>> Maybe the reply-to header of the digest should not even point to the
>> list?  Replying to a digest makes no sense with regard to message
>> threading 
>
> It would be logically consistent since the reply-to header is not set
> to the list for non-digest subscribers, but what would be the
> alternative?  address@hidden

The normal way would be to put it on moderation, with a human deciding
whether to silently discard it (appropriate when the address is used for
scattering unwanted mail to unsuspecting victims forged into the "From"
header) or reply with a canned message.

Whether it gets into moderation by being sent to a special address, or
by detecting a subject title typical for an unedited reply to a digest
(any useful reply would edit the subject title to refer to the actual
post rather than the whole digest) is a different question.

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David Kastrup