[CS-FSLUG] ReplyTo: Headers

[Timothy R. Butler]

> Isn't it true that any decent mail list admin

	This part had me worried at first. ;-)

> will set the ReplyTo: header to
> the address of the mailing list? I'm on another mail list and the 
> admin refuses
> to set it. It's *real* annoying to have to click ReplyToAll:, and then 
> edit the
> headers to make sure that you don't email everybody.

	That's what I think, but I know some folks don't agree. I've never 
heard a very good reason though.

>  I noticed that Tim has it
> set properly for this list, good boy Tim!

	Woof!

> But, what abou this web site:
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html


	Well, the guy doesn't "get it," in my opinion. Reply-to-All isn't the 
wonderful fix he makes it out to be -- it causes the replied to person 
to get two copies of the message rather than one. Furthermore, modern 
e-mail clients allow methods of forwarding an entire message (such as 
Redirect) that don't require using the Reply-to field. I'd tend to 
think -- especially on a list that is sensitive to who the "From" field 
(like most are, including this one) -- that there is virtually no 
benefit to the Reply-To field as a place for one's address... if your 
address isn't in the From field, it ain't gonna be posted anyway. :-)

	I get the idea this is someone being a little too insistent on the way 
things were suppose to be back when Altairs roamed the earth.

	-Tim

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