Felix Miata wrote:
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.
Felix, well put. And let me say once more, here we have... Another expression of our ongoing discussion as one between intelligent and "correct".