On 1/24/2018 12:50 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > I think there's an obvious algorithm for "smart single reply": > > 1. If there is a Reply-To, address the message to Reply-To. > 2. Else if there is a List-Post, address the message to List-Post. > 3. Else address the message to From. (If there's no From, the > message violates the most basic RFCs so all bets are off.) > > Assuming that no lists munge Reply-To, I think you'll agree that this > is what you want 90% of the time (conservative estimate). There are > some issues with this algorithm in practice:
If a message had only List-Post and From, that wouldn't get the result that I would want. I would want Reply to go to the author. As a list member, I consider it an absolute requirement that Reply go to the author and only to the author; I boycott any list that directs Reply to the list. (I've dropped off the "staff" list for an event I was participating in for this reason.) I want "Reply" to go to the author, and "Reply All" to go to the author, the list, and any other To or CC destinations. I simply can't understand any other answer. I don't understand why anybody feels a need for "Reply List". How that translates into headers that the mailing list software generates, shrug. Yes, the mailing list software could always force in a Reply-To: <author> to get the semantics that I want, but why should it add that noise? Or the mailing list software could omit List-Post, which I suppose would be fine too (since I don't understand why you would want it). Before DMARC munging, I could have (mis)configured my MUA to ignore Reply-To and mostly gotten the right semantics even on an evil Reply-To:<list> list. With DMARC munging that's no longer an option; I need Reply-To: <author> on DMARC-munged lists. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
