X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:16:58 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Your setting Return-Path to YOU in your cygwin postings Message-ID: <20090304161657.GA14340@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <49ADA916.40700@columbus.rr.com> <49ADBA0D.6040405@gmail.com> <49ADEF5E.3060804@columbus.rr.com> <49ADF5B5.5000102@gmail.com> <49AE0F52.1060006@columbus.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49AE0F52.1060006@columbus.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 12:19:14AM -0500, Paul McFerrin wrote: >I examined your email headers and discovered that in your postings to >cygwin..., you are setting "Return-Path: " in your >email header so naturally everyone who is "replying" to sender will be >sending YOU their reply, not cygwin.... This could explain why >you are getting so much direct replies. There may be those who are >abusing the priviledge by bypassing the mailing list, but I was not >aware of this problem and never intended to go outside the mailing >list. I think you are confused about what Return-Path is for but, regardless, email to this mailing list contains a Return-Path generated by the ezmlm/qmail software that manages this mailing list. It looks something like: Return-Path: cygwin-return-148528-... Private email will have a path which reflects the actual sender. And, from rfc2821 (there may be later ones also): The primary purpose of the Return-path is to designate the address to which messages indicating non-delivery or other mail system failures are to be sent. i.e., the Return-Path shouldn't be used as the address for a mail client to respond to. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/