[Nut-upsuser] Keeping the traffis on or off the list ?

[Charles Lepple]

On Feb 17, 2024, at 11:17 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> I would guess that reply-to is getting added because of header munging.
> Turn off munging and this all goes away.

Please re-read my email that explains the current setup of the list: https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2024-February/013560.html

TL;DR we are not root on the mailing list server.

This has worked out well enough for a few decades, during which time I acknowledge that email standards have moved a bit (an as users of the Alioth mailing list service, we have not had to think about this much). The only time this is a problem is when a major email provider decides to switch to hard enforcement of standards like DKIM, and a raft of people get unsubscribed due to the bounce messages.

The list currently has "reply_goes_to_list" set to "poster". According to the documentation:

> reply_goes_to_list: This variable controls whether Mailman will add its own Reply-To: header, and if so, what the value of that header will be (not counting original header stripping - see above).
> 
> When you set this variable to Poster, no additional Reply-To: header will be added by Mailman. This setting is strongly recommended.

The other settings will explicitly add a Reply-To header.

Maybe this is a bug in either Mailman or its documentation. Either way, with the knobs we have available to us, I am inclined to do the next best thing, which is to set the reply-to back to the list (and maybe add a disclaimer to the footer of the list to pay attention to the destination addresses). If that is not acceptable, I think the idea of moving to an alternate mailing list server is still on the table. (I have my hands full managing my home email server, so I am not volunteering for this job.)

[please use Reply-All as we get this all sorted out, thanks. No intentional asides to me; I will instinctively add back the list address as I have been doing manually for years when people email me directly about NUT issues.]

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Charles Lepple
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