From: "Anders Johansson" <andjoh@rydsbo.net>
On Tuesday 15 August 2006 00:12, 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,
Right up to the point at which they inadvertently spread private information all over the internet because they forgot that pressing "reply" sent it to everyone
Please read
Inconsistent behavior is the real bad thing. And the above link is spurious - once you get used to handling a list one way on all emails you're just as likely to make the "default" mistake pressing alt-meta-cokebottle-L to send to the list as it is to simply hit reply. {^_^} Joanne - has made BOTH mistakes.