[Cython] reply-to header

Stefan Behnel stefan_ml at behnel.de
Fri Apr 18 13:36:22 CEST 2008


Like top-posting, I guess?

Oh, I'm so old fashioned ...

Stefan


Martin C. Martin top-posted:
> It's based on the more "mass market" lists, like Yahoo! Groups and
> Google Groups, and generally mailing lists for non technical matters.
> 
> I think "no reply-to" was standard back when the internet was mostly
> geeks, but with the advent of the web, "reply-to" became the standard,
> at least outside the Unix world.
> 
> Best,
> Martin
> 
> Stefan Behnel wrote:
>> Martin C. Martin wrote:
>>> +1 for reply-to header, since it seems to be the standard these days.
>>> Having Cython-dev be different than the vast majority of lists would
>>> be confusing.
>>
>> I definitely would not say "reply-to" header mangling was "standard".
>> I know a
>> couple of people who actually use "reply-to" headers themselves. That
>> would
>> plain conflict with a "standard reply-to header" in mailing lists.
>>
>> Is that experience backed mainly by Google groups or by real mailing
>> lists?
>>
>> For example, Debian lists do not seem to uses it, and Debian has quite a
>> number of lists.
>>
>> Stefan


More information about the Cython-dev mailing list