UNC Pathname Handling within Applications

[Thorsten Haude]

Hi,

I sent the sollowing message to Larry via private mail:

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Hi Larry,

please don't use tofu mails. http://www.vranx.de/mail/tofu.html

* Larry Hall wrote (2004-07-16 17:41):
>The best way to insure that you get only one copy of any response from the
>list is to set your reply-to to point to the list.

I think the Reply-To header is quite unfit for that.

For once, it it mungled often enough that I had to check with every
list whether I could use it or not.

Second, the Reply-To header has a different purpose. If would eg. post
to the list from a mobile phone, I would want a way to ensure that I
don't get the entire list on this mobile, accumulating huge costs.
Reply-To ist that way.

Third, Reply-To is a much stronger way to redirect replies. If this
mail would have been sent to the list, I might set the Reply-To header
to indicate that further discussion should be done off-list.


Instead I use the Mail-Followup-To header as described here:
http://cr.yp.to/proto/replyto.html


>Depending on the software you use, you may find that you can easily
>filter out duplicates too.

That wouldn't be entirely satisfactory either for two reasons:
- The list mail would usually arrive second and be destroyed. That
leaves not-list messages in my list folder.
- I might be lead to think that it *is* a personal reply (like this
one) and answer personally where a list answer might be more
approppriate.


>I don't second-guess the implied intent of posters to whom I respond
>by editing the recipient list but my email client automatically
>honors when "reply-to" is set.  Most do.  I'd recommend setting it
>when you correspond with this list or any that you subscribe to.

Actually, I wonder what possible reasons could exist to send every
mail twice, and even by default. I haven't checked, but I guess you
cannot subscribe this list or any other write-only, so in what
possible situation would the second mail enhance communication?


So my recommendation to you, O wise one, is to just skip the second
mail, reply to the list *or* in personal way as preferred for a
particular mail and be done with it.


Thorsten
--
As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours,
and this we should do freely and generously.
    - Benjamin Franklin
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In an ironic twist I got this reply from the list manager:
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Hi! This is the ezmlm program. I'm managing the
cygwin@cygwin.com mailing list.

This is a generic help message. The message I received wasn't sent to
any of my command addresses.


--- Administrative commands for the cygwin list ---

I can handle administrative requests automatically. Please
DO NOT SEND THEM TO THE LIST ADDRESS! If you do, I will not
see them and other subscribers will be annoyed. Instead, send
your message to the correct command address:


To subscribe to the list, send a message to:
   <cygwin-subscribe@cygwin.com>

To remove your address from the list, send a message to:
   <cygwin-unsubscribe@cygwin.com>

Send mail to the following for info and FAQ for this list:
   <cygwin-info@cygwin.com>
   <cygwin-faq@cygwin.com>

Similar addresses exist for the digest list:
   <cygwin-digest-subscribe@cygwin.com>
   <cygwin-digest-unsubscribe@cygwin.com>

To get messages 123 through 145 (a maximum of 100 per request), mail:
   <cygwin-get.123_145@cygwin.com>

To get an index with subject and author for messages 123-456 , mail:
   <cygwin-index.123_456@cygwin.com>

They are always returned as sets of 100, max 2000 per request,
so you'll actually get 100-499.

To receive all messages with the same subject as message 12345,
send an empty message to:
   <cygwin-thread.12345@cygwin.com>

The messages do not really need to be empty, but I will ignore
their content. Only the ADDRESS you send to is important.

You can start a subscription for an alternate address,
for example "john@host.domain", just add a hyphen and your
address (with '=' instead of '@') after the command word:
<cygwin-subscribe-john=host.domain@cygwin.com>

To stop subscription for this address, mail:
<cygwin-unsubscribe-john=host.domain@cygwin.com>

In both cases, I'll send a confirmation message to that address. When
you receive it, simply reply to it to complete your subscription.

If despite following these instructions, you do not get the
desired results, please contact my owner at
cygwin-owner@cygwin.com. Please be patient, my owner is a
lot slower than I am ;-)

--- Enclosed is a copy of the request I received.

(...)
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Thorsten
-- 
As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours,
and this we should do freely and generously.
    - Benjamin Franklin
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