FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>]

Hi Igor, 

> >From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>
> >Igor Korot wrote:
> >> >From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>
> >> >Drivers poping up dialogs sounds like something from
> >> >1992.
> >> 
> >> Because it's Microsoft documented in MSDN?
> >
> >IOW, because it's there?  That's why people climb mountains, so I'm
> >told. 
> >
> >My purpose in hacking FreeTDS isn't to replicate Microsoft's driver.  
> 
> I was actually thinking about bringing the driver to be more standard,
> in terms of ODBC standard way of doing things.

That's fine.  It's a volunteer project.  I don't see the point in this
particular feature, but neither do I see any reason not to include it
should someone contribute it.  

> >Libraries should be totally silent.  They return error codes
> >that the caller converts into messages.  
> 
> So, it just return an ODBC-compliant error code, correct?

Yes.  

> >P.S.  Please look at your email settings.  You might not be aware your
> >email client is setting the Reply To header to include your email
> >address,

> I didn't include your E-mail here (or at least I don't see it in my
> To/Cc/Bcc lists), so if you catch it in this message, let me know.  

I'm not getting a cc, thanks.  Your header is still problematic, though:

 From: Igor Korot <ikorot AT earthlink.net>
 To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
 Reply-To: Igor Korot <ikorot AT earthlink.net>,
        FreeTDS Development Group <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>

Anyone replying to you on-list is apt to also cc you on the reply
(because, after all, that's why a sender would set Reply-To).  And he'll
get a bounce-back from your greylist filter.  

Again, if you don't understand how Reply-To works, I recommend you read up
on it.  Returning bounce messages to replies on public mailing lists will
not get you what you want, of that you can be sure.  

http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/if_you_write_me_from_earthlink.php

One man's reaction.  

Regards, 

--jkl