[vorbis] [OT] about the icecast mailing list

[Moritz Grimm]

Monty wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 12:20:53AM -0500, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> > > A mail daemon is spamming it because some subscribers mailbox is full.
> > > Every bounced mail starts another notification by that stupid daemon.
> > This is why the Reply-To: field in a mailing list shoud *ALWAYS* point
> > back to the author and *NEVER* the list.  Don't blame that user - blame
> > the list maintainer for keeping it broken, and encourage them to change
> > it ASAP!

> OK, I'll change it and forward all the user complaints 'why does my
> reply not go to the list?!?!' to you.

I too would prefer to continue having it the way it is. Although this
list is oh so "badly" configured, it has less trouble with spam than
many other lists I read. The comfort of the reply-to is worth the
trouble one might get once every three years.

<p>Moritz


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