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> On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Axel Hartmann wrote: > > > i guess everyone who is posting on the list > > is getting auto-replies by jim melton (again). > > since he sais he'll be gone for another two weeks, > > could we have him unsubscribed so he doesn't > > bother everyone? > > he said last time it isn't his fault, but > > i think it's a nuisance. > > Jim's problem is that the thinkpad list does not reset the FROM field to > the list, so his email client sees the message as from an individual, not > from the list. Thus, the auto replies - it's not possible for him to > filter his replies so the list doesn't get it because the list doesn't > identify itself! > > While you can certainly argue that this is irrelevant to this point, there > are some other worrysome issues - the list does not indicate messages as > being from a mailing list AT ALL. No revamped from: address, no > X-Mailing-List: header, nothing. The danger there is that if some wiseass > subscribed this list to another similarly configured list, they would loop > messages forever, over and over again. Lists should contain some clear > indication they are lists in order to prevent such mischief. > another problem with this list is it does not have a "Sender:" field in the mail headers; every other mail list i've seen has the "Sender:" field. i use the elm filter to divert mail from mailing lists to separate folders. elm filter uses keywords like "To:", and "Sender:" to filter mail. a lot the times people use "cc" to send their messages to this mail list. and since the filter does not support "cc", those messages would clobber my default mail box. whoever administrating this list, would you please add "Sender: owner-thinkpad" to the mail headers. thanks, ping