Date   : Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:10:33 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Mailing list headers (was: BBC Master 128 problem)

>Message-ID: <45D31826.7000607@...>
 
Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
> Jon Ripley wrote:
> > adam colley wrote:
> >> Is there some reason the reply-to doesn't go to the list?
> >
> > The following article has been referenced by the list maintainer:
> > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> 
> "Reasonable mail programs have two separate 'reply' commands: one that
replies
> directly to the author of a message, and another that replies to the author
> plus all of the list recipients."
 
That's only possible if the /message/ has two 'reply' headers,
'From:' and 'Reply-To:'. The email client can't give the user the
option of who to reply to if there isn't more than one source
specified.
 
> ... maybe it'd be worth asking list members which they prefer? Personally
99%
> of the time I want replies to go to the list, not an individual, because
with
 
If I receive a message from a list, I want the reply to go /back/
to the list.
 
If I get a message from a list and I /don't/ want to send a
response to the list, it is my responsibility (via my email
client) to dig out the post's actual author and reply to them
directly.
 
I've had to continously munge my mail processing software to keep
up with the variety of broken headers the list sends me.
 
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