mail to individuals

[Odd]

Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote:
> On Wed, September 30, 2009 14:44, Odd wrote:
> 
>>> The list is not allowed to mangle my email
>>> (this is forbidden by Belgian and European telecom law), they are only
>>> allowed to add new headers.
>> I don't think you are correct about that applying to a mailing list.
> 
> You think wrong.
> You have not read the consolidated version of the Belgian
> Telecommunications Act. I have.

That's true. I don't speak Dutch, French or German. I used
to know German, but I that was when I was in school many
many years ago.

> More than once. In detail. That law is just an implementation of
> European regulations, like most new laws in the EU.

So perhaps you could be as good as to direct me to the text
of this exact EU law? I still think you are wrong, but I'll admit
you are right it if after reading it, I'm convinced. Since it's an
EU law, there is an English version too.

> You could argue that it doesn't apply because Canonical is South-African,
> but it isn't. It is registered on the Isle of Man (not part of the UK and
> not part of the EU either) so that could be a reason why European
> regulations don't apply.
> But Canonical has its operational HQ in London, and I would think that
> chlorine.canonical.com (the mailserver that handles the mailing lists) is
> also physically located in the UK. And I don't know who owns that server:
> Canonical Ltd or its subsidiary Canonical UK Ltd?
> 
> I'm just saying that I don't know.
> You may be right that European regulations don't apply, but for all the
> wrong reasons.

No, I think the law does not apply to mailing lists. And until you can
show me evidence that it does, I simply will believe that you don't
understand the scope of the law.

>>> But Reply-To is optional, I should be able to reply the (original)
>>> author
>>> if I want to.
>> And you can. Just put the author's address into the TO: field.
> 
> I don't want to type.
> I want to press a button / press ONE keyboard combo (ctrl-c + shift-ins = 2)

So you're lazy, is what you're saying? :)

-- 
Odd