Re: AUTORESPONDERS : Gentle Reminder

[Derek Balling <dredd () megacity org>]

At 11:15 PM 12/22/98 -0500, Andrew Partan wrote:
> > Actually, this mailing list neither adds in a "Mailing-List: ..." header
> > nor a "Precedence: bulk" header, which are the two easiest ways to spot a
> > modern mailing list. I'd suggest you complain to the mailing list
> > managers, not the poor people whose [most likely] properly configured
> > autoresponders aren't being given the information they should be given.
>
> Actually, the way to spot *any* mailing list is to notice that your
> email address is not listed in the To: or Cc: lines.
>
> These peoples' autoresponders are broken; the list is fine.

No, the list is not fine. It should set the Precendence level. Your method
would automatically assume that anyone who BCC'ed you was a mailing list.