[Mono-list] Anyone else missing reply-to?

Maury Markowitz maury.markowitz at gmail.com
Tue May 12 18:43:34 UTC 2015


> On May 12, 2015, at 1:39 PM, Robert Jordan <robertj at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> On 12.05.2015 17:16, Maury Markowitz wrote:
>> When I Reply it goes to the original poster, not the list. Looking at
>> the headers it seems reply-to isn’t being sent to me.
>> 
>> Is anyone else having this problem?
> 
> Yes, but it isn't a problem. It's intentional.
> 
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html

Reading that document, I see "Reasonable mail programs have two separate "reply" commands: one that replies directly to the author of a message, and another that replies to the author plus all of the list recipients”

Well my mailer does that, and it’s precisely the wrong behaviour IMHO. Maintaining readable threads requires posts to go back to the group, and if they’re doing that, what’s the purpose of sending it directly to the poster who’s going to get a copy anyway?




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