On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Binand Raj S. wrote:

> That is of course, wrong. Autoresponders should use Reply-To:

sorry, my bad.  Autoresponders should also look for List-* headers and 
should not respond to mails that have those headers.  IMO at least.

> Did we have a valid reason for LIx lists to set the Reply-To: header
> back to the list?

Most members wanted it that way.  In general, since all replies should
be sent to the list anyway (whether they are sent to the OP or not),
people would have to do a reply-all. (Not all mail clients have the List
reply option of mutt.)  Also, most list members seem to be too lazy to
delete extra recipients. This would result in the OP getting two
replies.  Worse, people who reply to replies and do a reply-all end up
replying to two, three, or more people.

In all, setting Reply-To to the list was the least troublesome option 
for the LIx lists.

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