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Subject: Re: Lyris TO: MUNGING
From: srudd @ bible . ca
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 07:48:30 -0500
To: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM

Greetings!

Chip Rosenthal has written:
> To: munging is much worse than Roger implies.  It's a
> complete abomination.

someone had said:
>> Do you realize that this basically breaks all incoming mail
>> filtering that sorts messages based on recipient headers?  

I am having difficulty understanding what the problem is here. Eudora and
Pegesus mail programs both allow for custom filting of any and all in
coming headers. It does not matter  where the list name is stored in the
header for the filtre to work.

John said:
>Every approach has its good and bad sides.  We're trying to solve
>one particular problem with how list servers work.  The compromise is
>that the To: address is rewritten (and does not say the list name),
>but we think the lower request load on the list admin is worth it.

What exactly is the "bad side" to doing it this way?

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