[BioC] (replying to postings)
Martin Maechler
Martin Maechler <maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch>
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:16:02 +0100
>>>>> "Vincent" == Vincent J Carey, <stvjc@channing.harvard.edu> writes:
............
Vincent> robert's email is generated from
Vincent> bioconductor-admin, but i made the reply to
Vincent> bioconductor to reach the core. please advise if
Vincent> changes to my mailing strategy are desired.
The mails from both mailman (like this) or majordomo (like the
usual R lists) come with a
From: <you, the poster>
Sender: <listname>-admin@.... {"-admin" for mailman / "-owner" for majordomo}
To: <listname> @....
(and several other headers, in particular, mailman has half a
dozen of "List-*: <url>" headers.)
A reply or followup of
any decent MUA (mail user agent) should produce a
To: <him, the poster> @ ..
CC: <listname> @ ..
where it may depend which is To and which (or if there) is CC.
Yes, there are bad pieces of software who do reply to "admin"/"owner".
Yes, they are a real pain, particularly when I am the admin/owner :-)
Martin