It would appear that on Apr 8, Gerrit did say: > Joolz wrote: > > This is not a fedora question, but her is goes... > > > > Many people on this (and other) mailing list(s) don't use a "Reply-To: > > [list]". I use Mutt, is there a way to have Mutt use the To: address > > (not the From: address) when making a reply? Thanks! > > Reply-To is bad. http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html > > Summary: > > Many people want to munge Reply-To headers. They believe it makes reply-to-list easier, and it encourages more list traffic. It really does neither, and is a very poor idea. Reply-To munging suffers from the following problems: > > * It violates the principle of minimal munging. > * It provides no benefit to the user of a reasonable mailer. > * It limits a subscriber's freedom to choose how he or she will direct a response. > * It actually reduces functionality for the user of a reasonable mailer. > * It removes important information, which can make it impossible to get back to the message sender. > * It penalizes the person with a reasonable mailer in order to coddle those running brain-dead software. > * It violates the principle of least work because complicates the procedure for replying to messages. > * It violates the principle of least surprise because it changes the way a mailer works. > * It violates the principle of least damage, and it encourages a failure mode that can be extremely embarrassing -- or worse. > * Your subscribers don't want you to do it. Or, at least the ones who have bothered to read the docs for their mailer don't want you to do it. > > Gerrit. OK suppose for the sake of argument, that we would all, given the benefit of your knowledge, come to the same conclusion that Reply-To: munging is as bad as you and Chip seam to think. And suppose that we convinced RedHat to modify mailman's behavior to stop munging the Reply-To: header. How would list subscribers then use a reply function to send a list reply? (Pardon my ignorance, but I don't really know how it's supposed to be done...) Is the recommended method to munge or append the Cc: header??? Personally I think putting the list address in the Cc: would add the kind of reply to sender /reply to group functionality Chip talks about even to classic unix mail clients like mail/mailx, which no doubt, some of the subscribers to at least some of RedHat's list still use. But it's to simple a solution for me to think it's the "standard" process for mailing lists. I also think that on one point at least, I agree with Chip's point that sometimes the Sender may not be sending mail "from" a mail address on which he/she can receive replies, in which case, If mailman is going to munge an existing Reply-To: with the list address, shouldn't the original Reply-To: be at least added to the Cc: list? -- | --- --- | Joe (theWordy) Philbrook <o> <o> | J(tWdy)P ^ | <<jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx>> /---\ "bla bla bla..." | \___/ "...and bla..." At least I know my mouth is running, I just can't find the off button!
