Where is Jeff.Koenig + mail rules

[Mike Miller]

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Erik Parker wrote:

> It sucks, but it was the list configuration at fault, not him. I don't
> like vacation programs at all, but a lot of people use them, and some
> companies require you to use them. In the list software it specifically
> says 'Set Reply to: List or poster' and next to it says "Poster strongly
> suggested". Someone went against the suggestions, and is at fault.


I would suggest that when a message is sent to a distribution list, the
list should cause the message to contain this line in the header...

Precedence: bulk

...and the autoresponder program should detect that line and not send a
reply at all.  Why should a reply to go the poster?  It certainly should
not!  If I'm on a list with 8,000 subscribers and 100 are on vacation,
should I want to receive 100 notifications?  No.

Most messages coming through the vnc-list@realvnc.com have Precedence set
to bulk, but the message from Erik Parker had this setting:

Precedence: first-class

Why is that?  Doesn't vnc-list fix the Precedence on messages it
distributes?  It ought to.

Mike