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The posting name shows up in urls and in email addresses, - e.g. the <code>mylist</code> in <code>mylist@example.com</code>. The posting - name is always presented in lower case, with alphanumeric - characters and no spaces. The list's real name is used in some - public information and email responses, such as in the general - list overview. The real name can differ from the posting name by - case only. For example, if the posting name is <code>mylist</code>, the - real name can be <code>Posting</code>. +Beware! <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> munging is considered a religious issue +and the policies you set here can ignite some of the most heated +off-topic flame wars on your mailing lists. We'll try to stay as +agnostic as possible, but our biases may still peak through. <P> -</DD> -<DT><STRONG>owner</STRONG></DT> -<DD>This variable contains a list of email addresses, one address per - line, of the list owners. These addresses are used whenever the - list owners need to be contacted, either by the system or by end - users. Often, these addresses are used in combination with the - <code>moderator</code> addresses (see below). +<span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> is a header that is commonly used to redirect +replies to messages. Exactly what happens when your uses reply to +such a message depends on the mail readers your users use, and what +functions they provide. Usually, there is both a ``reply to sender'' +button and a ``reply to all'' button. If people use these buttons +correctly, you will probably never need to munge +<span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span>, so the default values should be fine. <P> -</DD> -<DT><STRONG>moderator</STRONG></DT> -<DD>This variable contains a list of email addresses, one address per - line, of the list moderators. These addresses are often used in - combination with the <code>owner</code> addresses. For example, when - you email <code>mylist-owner@example.com</code>, both the owner and - moderator addresses will receive a copy of the message. +Since an informed decision is always best, here are links to two +articles that discuss the opposing viewpoints in great detail: <P> -</DD> -<DT><STRONG>description</STRONG></DT> -<DD>In the general list overview page, which shows you every available - mailing list, each list is displayed with a short description. - The contents of this variable is that description. Note that in - emails from the mailing list, this description is also used in the - comment section of the <span class="mailheader">To:</span> address. This text should - be relatively short and no longer than one line. + +<UL> +<LI><a class="ulink" href="http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html" + >Reply-To Munging Considered + Harmful</a> +</LI> +<LI><a class="ulink" href="http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml" + >Reply-To Munging Considered + Useful</a> <P> -</DD> -<DT><STRONG>info</STRONG></DT> -<DD>This variable contains a longer description of the mailing list. - It is included at the top of the list's information page, and it - can contain HTML. However, blank lines will be automatically - converted into paragraph breaks. Preview your HTML though, - because unclosed or invalid HTML can prevent display of parts of - the list information page. +</LI> +</UL> <P> -</DD> -<DT><STRONG>subject_prefix</STRONG></DT> -<DD>This is a string that will be prepended to the - <span class="mailheader">Subject:</span> header of any message posted to the list. - For example, if a message is posted to the list with a - <span class="mailheader">Subject:</span> like: +The three options in this section work together to provide enough +flexibility to do whatever <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> munging you might +(misguidingly :) feel you need to do. <P> -<dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> - Subject: This is a message -</pre></dl> +<DL> +<DT><STRONG>first_strip_reply_to</STRONG></DT> +<DD>This variable controls whether any <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header + already present in the posted message should get removed before + any other munging occurs. Stripping this header will be done + regardless of whether or not Mailman will add its own + <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header to the message. <P> -and the <code>subject_prefix</code> is <code>[My List] </code> (note the - trailing space!), then the message will be received like so: +If this option is set to <em>No</em>, then any existing + <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header will be retained in the posted + message. If Mailman adds its own header, it will contain + addresses which are the union of the original header and the + Mailman added addresses. The mail standards specify that a + message may only have one <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header, but that + that header may contain multiple addresses. <P> -<dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> - Subject: [My List] This is a message -</pre></dl> +</DD> +<DT><STRONG>reply_goes_to_list</STRONG></DT> +<DD>This variable controls whether Mailman will add its own + <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header, and if so, what the value of that + header will be (not counting original header stripping - see + above). + +<P> +When you set this variable to <em>Poster</em>, no additional + <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header will be added by Mailman. This + setting is strongly recommended. <P> -If you leave <code>subject_prefix</code> empty, no prefix will be added - to the <span class="mailheader">Subject:</span>. Mailman is careful not to add a - prefix when the header already has one, as is the case in replies - for example. The prefix can also contain characters in the list's - preferred language. In this case, because of vagarities of the - email standards, you may or may not want to add a trailing space. +When you set this variable to <em>This list</em>, a + <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header pointing back to your list's posting + address will be added. + +<P> +When you set this variable to <em>Explicit address</em>, the value + of the variable <code>reply_to_address</code> (see below) will be + added. Note that this is one situation where + <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> munging may have a legitimate purpose. Say + you have two lists at your site, an announce list and a discussion + list. The announce list might allow postings only from a small + number of approved users; the general list membership probably + can't post to this list. But you want to allow comments on + announcements to be posted to the general discussion list by any + list member. In this case, you can set the <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> + header for the announce list to point to the discussion list's + posting address. <P> </DD> -<DT><STRONG>anonymous_list</STRONG></DT> -<DD>This variable allows you to turn on some simple anonymizing - features of Mailman. When you set this option to <i>Yes</i>, - Mailman will remove or replace the <span class="mailheader">From:</span>, - <span class="mailheader">Sender:</span>, and <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> fields of any - message posted to the list. - -<P> -Note that this option is simply an aid for anonymization, it - doesn't guarantee it. For example, a poster's identity could be - evident in their signature, or in other mail headers, or even in - the style of the content of the message. 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