On 2015-02-06 10:01, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 5 Feb 2015 22:46:44 -0300, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera wrote: > >I *tried* to reply off list, but I now realize I did not. It seems I > >can't reply off-list anyway, since the list is altering the Reply-To, > >making it impossible for me to determine where I should reply to the > >user. > > > >Can we get this rather scary and dangerous privacy issue fixed? > > There are two kinds of MUAs. Some invoke reply to the mailing list by > the "reply" and others by the "group reply/all" option. If the MUA > invokes the mailing list reply by the "reply" option, it should provide > a "reply to sender" option, as e.g. Claws Mail and Sylpheed do. The > drawback of this approach is, that if you disabled to receive duplicated > mails by the mailman settings, you need to care about the missing > mailing list headers. If you use an MUA such as Evolution, that does > invoke the mailing list reply by the "group reply/all" option, then > "reply" will send a private message and not send to the list. > > I suspect your MUA "User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23.1-rc1 (2014-03-12)" can be > set up to your need too. If not, consider to use another MUA.
No client will help, because the mailing list erases the original Reply-To
header, so it's impossible for the MUA to determine it.
Also, any MUA that has a "reply to author" button (as opposed to "Reply to
list") will reply to list because, again, reply-to is overwritten.
Finally, according to rfc2822 (emphasis mine):
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.
So a third party should not be altering this field, since it misrepresents the
authors's suggestion.
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Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?
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