On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 12:23:01AM -0600, Justin Gombos wrote:
> Mail-Followup-To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org

Note where the added header ended up, in the body, not the headers.


> > > OTOH-- if you want to talk about etiquette, you should try not to
> > > ignore the mail-followup-to header on mailing list posts.
> > 
> > I just looked back at your original post.  I see no header directing
> > followups anywhere.  Jonathan knows that many posters, particularly
> > new posters, do not subscribe to the list.  It is not a requirement
> > for posting.  Thus as a courtesy to you he sent a copy to you as well
> > as to the list.
> 
> I just verified that I sent a Mail-Followup-To header.  It seems the
> mailing list software is stripping out the Mail-Followup-To headers.
> So you are correct, Jonathan did not fail to honor the header, but
> rather the list software.  
> 
> I'll have to come up with alternatives.  Maybe a mutt hook that will
> automatically append a signature with the Mail-Followup-To
> preferences.  As a test, I'm adding a Mail-Followup-To line to the
> body and a X-Mail-Followup-To header to see if the list strips that
> too.

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