[thelist] Group message from stylings
rudy
r937 at interlog.com
Mon Mar 31 15:15:14 CST 2003
> Just got into a minor war with a colleague of mine who is demanding that I
> recode the group code that I wrote to eliminate the use of the evolt-style
> message headers and switch to a yahoogroups-style manner (see below).
hi martin
sorry to hear that
i hate it when people demand, eh?
> Does anyone know which is considered the "standard" way of handling this
> stuff, and whether there is any documentation that I can use to support
> the continued use of Evolt-style message headers?
thanks for the compliment but evolt did not invent that style
here are two articles on the subject:
"Reply-To" Munging Considered Harmful
An Earnest Plea to Mailing List Administrators
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
Reply-To Munging Considered Useful
An Earnest Plea to Mailing List Administrators
http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml
perhaps one of those will support your position
;o)
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