From: Lance Cottrell <loki@infonex.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 22:56:24 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Mirrors and replies-to
Message-ID: <199702160656.WAA27604@toad.com>
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At 7:24 AM -0800 2/15/97, Robert Hettinga wrote:
<SNIP>
>However, I would like it if the mirror operators would reinstantiate a
>feature of the original list for me. The reply-to field on the mirrors is
>currently set to cypherpunks@toad.com. On the original list, this was set
>to "sender", both to keep people from replying to the list unnecessarily
>(hah! :-)) but also to keep mail loops from forming. Mail loops could be a
>big problem, especially when you guys put together your neo-netnews
>mailring. (a little jyaism, that... :-)).

After some discussion, the reply-to: cypherpunks@toad.com was a deliberate
choice. I wanted to ensure that the list at cyberpass did not become an
island. Once the main list expires, the reply-to will be changed to the
sender.

	-Lance

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"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra.  Suddenly
it flips over, pinning you underneath.  At night the ice
weasels come."
                        --Nietzsche
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