> From: David Talkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 18:40:52 -0500 (CDT)
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> Robin S. Socha wrote:
>
> >Also note that I am subscribed
> >to this list. *Do* *not* *Cc* *me*.
>
> I've been guilty too. It's an unfortunate result of the lack of a
> 'Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]' field, which causes the MUA to assume
> that a reply will go to you definitely, and the list maybe. That
> requires the responder to remember to take an extra step. If I don't
> specifically remove your name before I send, you get my brilliance
> twice for the price of once.
>
> Listproc can do this. I'm hoping ezmlm can too. (And no, I'm not
> asking. I haven't got that far. If it's in the docs, I'll find it.
> ;-)
Reply-To used in this fashion is Considered Evil.
RFC2822, in fact, explicitly says:
The originator fields also provide the information required when
replying to a message. When the "Reply-To:" field is present, it
indicates the mailbox(es) to which the author of the message suggests
that replies be sent.
Note that a mailing list manager is not "the originator".
See also qmail's author's page:
http://cr.yp.to/proto/replyto.html
as well as:
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
Chris
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