Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3232 mails)

[Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxx>]

On 06/08/14 23:41 (GMT+0200) Anders Johansson apparently typed:

> A *distribution* list is the official name of what we refer to as "mailing 
> list". It distributes email to people who say they want them (by subscribing 
> to the distribution list). It doesn't author anything, and saying it does is 
> not even debatable, it's just flat out wrong

That's why the RFC needs to make a distinction between author and
distributor. Most  mailing list subscribers don't give a diddly who the
author is or what he wants. They only want their replies by default to
go back to the place they came from, the distributor, listserv, or
whatever the RFC might choose to name the indispensable most direct
source, as distinguished from author.
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