[CS-FSLUG] ReplyTo: Headers

[Jerry VB]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 06:47:11PM -0500, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> 
> >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

Well, Im with you Tim. When you are reading mailing list email, *normally* when
you hit the Reply button you want to reply to the list, *not* to the author.
*If* you want to reply to the author only, then you can edit the header to send
him the message. It seems to me that the *normal* reply action is to the list.
Ahem, some people's children ....


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