Re: Mailing list changes

From: smf <smf_at_null.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 09:42:13 +0100
Message-ID: <394dcf0a-7a27-e451-b265-60d59b5819ec@null.net>
On 26/03/2018 18:19, Greg King wrote:

> No! It *isn't* being set by the user.  That's the whole point of this 
> argument.  It is being set by the mailing list manager program. It's 
> being set to the mailing list's address, not the author's -- optional, 
> alternate -- address.  That's wrong.  That's why Thunderbird was 
> changed to ignore that abuse.
>
Once you send an email to a mailing list, the user becomes the mailing 
list itself.

Allowing users to hijack mailing lists by having replies to emails sent 
directly back to them rather than to the list is abuse and thunderbird 
should stop enabling this fragrant abusive practise.

The Thunderbird developers have a disconnect with reality.
Received on 2018-03-28 11:00:59

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