Re: [Gnu-arch-users] fixing the problem of posting to the old mailing list

[Robert Anderson]

On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 01:08, Ethan Benson wrote:

> google for `reply-to munging considered harmful'

I did.  It seems to me most of the points they make are wrong.

It Adds Nothing: wrong.  It adds the ability to reply to list _only_
with the default action. The author willfully seems to ignore this
consistently.

It Makes Things Break: Yes, but also vice-versa.  The question is what
is more important to have be broken, the default behavior, or something
which is rarely done?

Freedom of Choice:  Oh shut up.  This is silly.

Principle of Least Work:  This is exactly backward.  For the common case
(reply to list only), the munging case is much easier.  He's saying that
"group" replies can be used as-is.  Except that this sends duplicate
replies, which is not what most people want, in my experience.  c.f.
recent mail to Miles about this on the list (hey, stop sending me
duplicates!).

Principle of Least Surprise:  also wrong, in my experience.  Since most
lists "munge" it's what I expect.

Principle of Least Damage: If you're saying something important, you can
stop and think.  Most of the time people are not saying something
important. :)

What am I missing?

Bob