Re: OT: Reply-To munging [was: [SOLVED] Need advice on pattern matching using match()]

2007-04-04 Thread Michael Klier
Jean-Rene David wrote:
> * Michael Klier [2007.04.04 17:30]:
> > I am sure this has been questioned before but why is the
> > "Reply-To:" header field not set via the mailing-list?
> 
> Short answer: because it makes it more difficult
> to reply to the author without making it easier to
> reply to the list.
> 
> Long answer:
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> 
> -- 
> JR
> $ grep reply .muttrc
> folder-hook . bind index r reply
> folder-hook .*-L$ bind index r list-reply

Thanks for the clarification (especially the link), these are reasonable
arguments.

-- 
Michael Klier


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Re: OT: Reply-To munging [was: [SOLVED] Need advice on pattern matching using match()]

2007-04-04 Thread Jean-Rene David
* Michael Klier [2007.04.04 17:30]:
> I am sure this has been questioned before but why is the
> "Reply-To:" header field not set via the mailing-list?

Short answer: because it makes it more difficult
to reply to the author without making it easier to
reply to the list.

Long answer:
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html

-- 
JR
$ grep reply .muttrc
folder-hook . bind index r reply
folder-hook .*-L$ bind index r list-reply