Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3232 mails)

[ken <gebser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * ken <gebser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [08-14-06 19:05]:
>> Patrick Shanahan wrote:
>>> * ken <gebser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [08-14-06 17:39]:
>>>> For me, replying to the list isnt' a major problem.  But I'd also
>>>> like to automatically set my Reply-to field for outgoing mail to the
>>>> list's address as well.  As far as I know, this isn't something that
>>>> procmail can do (as it handles only incoming mail), correct?
>>> A simple matter to add a 'Reply-To:' header on your incoming mail
>>> originating from opensuse* to accomplish your desire.  There is no
>>> necessity to fool with outgoing mail.  This also abides by the RFC as
>>> it will only affect *your* submissions.
>> This doesn't make sense.  Please read my question again.
> 
> It sure does.  If you add via procmail a 'Reply-To: <list-address>'
> header to incoming list mail, when you reply to it, it will
> automagically take the list address.  What is there to not understand?
> 
> :0:
> * ^X-Mailinglist:.*opensuse|\
>   ^TO_.*opensuse@
> ! $FORMAIL -i "Reply-To: opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx"
> $MAILDIR/opensuse
> 
> 
> this will add the header "Reply-To: opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx" to all
> opensuse list mail.  When you decide to post an answer or comment to an
> opensuse posting, "reply" will select opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx address.
> 
> is more explanation necessary?
> 

Thanks for the clarification.  I see what you're saying now.  You threw
me a bit of a high-and-inside curve ball with the assertion that this
solution "abides by the RFC [2822]", to wit:

If *my* adding a Reply-To (to the list) to incoming mail doesn't violate
the RFC, how is it that list server doing the same thing _does_ violate
the RFC?

I'm not asking you to 'explain your way out of this contradiction' or
anything like that.  I don't put myself in the "correct" camp of the
issue (I'm much more an advocate of the sensible... even more of
universal congruity).  But it could be that *adding* a Reply-To doesn't
violate 2822 (for those squeamish about that); i.e., the list server
could *add* a "Reply-To suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx" to all its incoming mail
and this would make both the "correct" and sensible camps happy.  It
wouldn't be _changing_ the author's Reply-To, but it would allow the
list to function like a many-to-many medium... as originally intended.

(Yes, this would mean posters would receive duplicates.  But (1) this
is, IMO, far less annoying and (2) could be filtered out easily on the
client side and, should we find enlightenment, perhaps eventually on the
server side.)

Would this lexical workaround applied to the list server raise anyone's
hackles?  If so, how?