Mikko Hänninen [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Jeremy Blosser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 22 Sep 1999:
> > Also check and see if the mail has a Mail-Followup-To set, as if it does
> > Mutt will use this for a group-reply.
>
> Not for list-reply? I thought Mail-Followup-To was for list emails.
No, for list-reply, Mutt uses the To: or Cc: header it found that made it
tag the mail as from a list.
Mutt's $followup_to var is *useful* when dealing with lists, but only in
the context of most mailer's group reply function. Since most mailers
don't have a list reply function, people get in the habit of using group
reply to reply to list mail so they get the list and not the sender. This
means the sender often gets two copies. If the mailer respects
Mail-Followup-To and you set it (eg using Mutt's $followup_to var) you can
avoid this problem.
Mutt's built-in list support and list-reply makes the above not as likely,
but it can still matter if it's a list you don't have set in 'lists' (and
therefore can't use list-reply for) or for more complex cases such as mails
sent to a list and cc'ed to other users/lists/etc. In those cases you can
use group-reply and Mutt will obey Mail-Followup-To if it's present.
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