[Techtalk] Munging and Wrapping Testing Summary

Rudy Zijlstra rudy at grumpydevil.homelinux.org
Thu Aug 6 23:01:07 UTC 2015



Op 06-08-15 om 21:16 schreef Sarah Newman:
> Another vote for selective munging.
>
> I might look into whether there's already a feature request in mailman to not add the 'From' address as a reply-to header when munging if a reply-to
> header is already present. The original 'From' address should still be captured, but maybe there's a different place to store that information.
This would be lovely if possible.
>
> On 08/06/2015 06:10 AM, Terry wrote:
>> *Addendum: Effect of munging on custom Reply-To header*
>>
>> The poster's From: address is appended to the Reply-To header if a
>> custom Reply-To header is already included in the poster's message.
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> - Post from abc at dom.ain with custom Reply-To set to xyz at dom.ain.
>> - Mailman appends abc at dom.ain so the Reply-To header now includes both
>> xyz at dom.ain and abc at dom.ain.
>>
>> A "reply to" from an MUA will now go to both xyz at dom.ain and abc at dom.ain.
>>
>> If there is no Reply-To header in the original post, Mailman simply adds
>> a Reply-To header with the poster's address.
>>
>> A point in favor of selective munging - minimizing Reply-To munging so
>> we respect, as much as possible, a user's choice of where they want
>> private replies sent.
>>
>>




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