Brian Barker wrote:
At 14:04 08/02/2009 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
I often see some list members CC or forward replies to unsubscribed
OPs. Can the list be changed so that if someone unsubscribed posts to
the list, their address is added to the Reply-To header?
The problem is actually the reverse of this: the list adds a Reply-To:
header to itself, but it has no business doing so. This is forsworn by
RFC 2822, which says 'When the "Reply-To:" field is present, it
indicates the mailbox(es) to which the *author* of the message suggests
that replies be sent" (my emphasis).
It is the author's choice to suggest where his or her replies are
addressed: that should be the only function of the Reply-To: header (and
few authors would need to include one). It is the privilege of anyone
choosing to reply to decide where to send his or her reply. If the list
did not add its own Reply-To: header, simply using "reply to all" (or
whatever) in a mail client would include the author of the original
message (and solve the problem). As it is, this header suppresses the
effects of both the From: address and any Reply-To: address included by
the author: that's the real problem.
Brian Barker (currently donning his flame-proof vest!)
Please clarify. It was my understanding that I send messages to the
"List", then the "List" sends the message to those people who are
subscribed to receive list messages. If this is the case then the
"sender" from whom I receive the e-mail is the "List" and therefor the
reply-to SHOULD be the "List", no?
--
Gene Y.
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