On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Greg Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 20:01, Guenter Knauf <[email protected]> wrote: >> Am 07.10.2010 01:36, schrieb Mike Meyer: >>> >>> For the record - I'm against the change. RFC 2823 says the Reply-To >>> header is an originator field, and the list is *not* the originator of >>> the message. >> >> the list *is* the originator since it sends the mail to me, and not you > > No. The list is a distribution mechanism. > > Adjusting the Reply-To means that I cannot directly email the author. > I need to cut/paste their email address, but that might not be right. > They may have set a Reply-To on where they really wanted replies. If a > mailing list alters it, then information is lost. > >> personally, so this is probably again something to discuss ... >> though I really dont want to start flame wars now about if an RFC expresses >> things right or if its practical; for too many others its not practical and >> I think that counts. I have to deal with a bunch of other mailing lists, and >> with all I can just hit 'reply' without having to care about, so its really > > I hit "reply" or I hit "reply to all". Simple. It works all the time > on lists without a reply-to set. > > On lists *with* reply-to set, then I need to cut/paste to get a > message only to the author. Fuck that. > >> anoying that I have to care about with this one list - and in fact what >> happens is that I always 1st spam the original author before I realize after >> a while that I didnt hit the list (even just now happened). Also I find it >> equally annoying that I always get 2 identical mails from such lists: one >> via list, and one directly from author; > > And I see only one. Get a real MUA. > >> not to mention other spamming >> effects such that the reciepient's mailer collects my mail address >> automatically (probably as default setting, and without knowing by the >> user), and in case of a virus attack my address is amongst those harvested >> by the virus ... > > Now you're just making shit up. Your address always come through the > mailing list. The only topic here is what sits in the Reply-To field, > not the Sender or the From or the envelope. > > Oh boo hoo, you can't reply to the list with just Reply. Get over it. > Hit "reply to all" and you'll be fine.
I just love it when people get all rude for no reason at all. Oh please be rude to me too, Greg!!! Here goes: "I hate reply-all as well because I always end up having to fix the To: and yank out the duplicate recipients with my mail client."
