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Diffstat (limited to 'Mailman/MailList.py')
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diff --git a/Mailman/MailList.py b/Mailman/MailList.py index c495811e4..094d32613 100644 --- a/Mailman/MailList.py +++ b/Mailman/MailList.py @@ -424,13 +424,23 @@ class MailList(MailCommandHandler, HTMLFormatter, Deliverer, ListAdmin, is <em>strongly</em> recommended for most mailing lists.''', # Details for reply_goes_to_list - """There are many reasons not to introduce headers like -<tt>Reply-To:</tt> into other people's messages. One is that some posters -depend on their own <tt>Reply-To:</tt> settings to convey their valid return -address. See + """This option controls what Mailman does to the +<tt>Reply-To:</tt> header in messages flowing through this mailing list. When +set to <em>Poster</em>, no <tt>Reply-To:</tt> header is added by Mailman, +although if one is present in the original message, it is not stripped. +Setting this value to either <em>This list</em> or <em>Explicit address</em> +causes Mailman to insert a specific <tt>Reply-To:</tt> header in all messages, +overriding the header in the original message if necessary (<em>Explicit +address</em> inserts the value of <a +href="?VARHELP=general/reply_to_address">reply_to_address</a>). + +<p>There are many reasons not to introduce or override the <tt>Reply-To:</tt> +header. One is that some posters depend on their own <tt>Reply-To:</tt> +settings to convey their valid return address. Another is that modifying +<tt>Reply-To:</tt> makes it much more difficult to send private replies. See <a href="http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html">`Reply-To' Munging -Considered Harmful</a> for a general discussion of this issue. See -<a href="http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml">Reply-To +Considered Harmful</a> for a general discussion of this issue. See <a +href="http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml">Reply-To Munging Considered Useful</a> for a dissenting opinion. <p>Some mailing lists have restricted posting privileges, with a parallel list @@ -444,23 +454,25 @@ address below to point to the parallel list."""), '''Explicit <tt>Reply-To:</tt> header.''', # Details for reply_to_address - """There are many reasons not to introduce headers like -<tt>Reply-To:</tt> into other people's messages. One is that some posters -depend on their own <tt>Reply-To:</tt> settings to convey their valid return -address. See + """This is the address set in the <tt>Reply-To:</tt> header +when the <a href="?VARHELP=general/reply_goes_to_list">reply_goes_to_list</a> +option is set to <em>Explicit address</em>. + +<p>There are many reasons not to introduce or override the <tt>Reply-To:</tt> +header. One is that some posters depend on their own <tt>Reply-To:</tt> +settings to convey their valid return address. Another is that modifying +<tt>Reply-To:</tt> makes it much more difficult to send private replies. See <a href="http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html">`Reply-To' Munging -Considered Harmful</a> for a general discussion of this issue. +Considered Harmful</a> for a general discussion of this issue. See <a +href="http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml">Reply-To +Munging Considered Useful</a> for a dissenting opinion. <p>Some mailing lists have restricted posting privileges, with a parallel list devoted to discussions. Examples are `patches' or `checkin' lists, where software changes are posted by a revision control system, but discussion about the changes occurs on a developers mailing list. To support these types of -mailing lists, specify the explicit <tt>Reply-To:</tt> address here. You must -also specify <tt>Explicit address</tt> in the <tt>reply_goes_to_list</tt> -variable. - -<p>Note that if the original message contains a <tt>Reply-To:</tt> header, -it will not be changed."""), +mailing lists, select <tt>Explicit address</tt> and set the <tt>Reply-To:</tt> +address below to point to the parallel list."""), ('administrivia', mm_cfg.Radio, ('No', 'Yes'), 0, "(Administrivia filter) Check postings and intercept ones" |