On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 8:17 AM Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> wrote:

> Michael Stone (12020-06-10):
> > Properly configured mailing list software does no such thing, since it's
> a
> > misuse of the reply-to header.
>
> A misuse that works, compared to non-misuses that regularly bring back
> "don't cc me" subthreads. At some points, the religion of "properly"
> using headers need to cede to the pragmatism.
>
> You need to realize that a solution that requires the user to use a
> different key/command if they are replying to a list than if they are
> not is inferior to a solution that works with always the same key.
>
> >                                A better solution is to use a better
> program
> > to read mail.
>
> You mean I should use Mutt, like you?
>

Or literally any modern mail reader, all of which implement "reply to
list".  It's not like the mailing list isn't publishing list-id headers.

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