On Dec 13, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Joshua Juran wrote:

> 
> That's a result of Reply-To pointing to the list, which is inadvisable (for 
> exactly this reason, i.e. accidentally sending private replies to the list) 
> and (as of RFC 2822 (April 2001)) not standards-compliant.

I'm on a couple lists where that behavior is implemented by default, and it is 
a GIANT pain in the a**, as it subverts *the entire point* of having a mailing 
list.

Also, a cursory examination of RFC2822 <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html> 
shows no mention *whatsoever* about Reply-to pointing to a list; the only 
things it mentions are some obsoleted versions of the Reply-To header and what 
should take priority in the absence of a Reply-To header.

I'll gladly stand corrected if you can tell me the section number of the RFC 
where this behavior is noted as 'non-compliant'.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs


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