On 03/22/2013 09:41 PM, Michael Heydekamp wrote:

>> It's not so simple. What if it isn't a mailing list post. If sender sets
>> Reply-To. So, Reply-To and From are different. I think that sender
>> intention is clear to not send a reply to both of these addresses. No?
> 
> Sure. And if I would want to follow that intention, I'd use the standard
> reply button.
> 
> But if I use the "Reply all" option of the Reply-all button, I don't care
> about the user's (or the list's) intention, but I do care about my own
> intention. That's what this option is meant for and what the difference to
> the function of the standard reply button is. It is ME who wants to reply to
> all, not the sender. RC currently tries to prevent me from doing that.

No, A difference between is in possibility to send a reply to Cc and To
addresses of the original message. Not in the Reply-To header handling.

>>> BTW: Is "Sender:" being respected in RC at all...?
>>
>> As a source for reply recipients, no.
> 
> Should be added, IMO. It's a standardized RFC header.

But, that's another story. Create a ticket.

>>>> I prefer current solution (1). Because I think that if Reply-To is
>>>> defined a senders intention is to not receive replies to his From:
>>>> address, no matter if Reply, Reply-All or Reply-List is used.
>>>
>>> In the case of this list for instance, there is no such "senders intention",
>>> as the Reply-To: header has been set by the list rather than by the sender,
>>> right?
>>
>> So, it's a list intention, doesn't matter.
> 
> It does. Because the list's intention may contradict the sender's intention.
> See below.
> 
> So whose intention should we follow...?

Does not matter whose. It's specified by the message headers.

>>> If I want to make sure to get a reply to one of my list posts to my sender
>>> address AND to the list - is there a way at all to set an appropriate
>>> Reply-To: header, which will not be changed by Mailman?
>>
>> I don't know, maybe with Mail-Reply-To set to your address.
> 
> How can I set Mail-Reply-To: with Roundcube just for a particular message??

If you set Reply-To, Roundcube will set Mail-Reply-To automatically to
the same address.

> So, at the start of this poll, you claimed that Reply-To: (i.e. the sender's
> intention) should be respected no matter what, even if "Reply all" had been
> chosen.
> 
> But if a sender sets Reply-To: to his own AND a list address, the sender's
> intention may be overridden by the list's intention, if expressed through a
> Mail-Reply-To: header?
> 
> Doesn't sound too logical and consistent to me. A list may always override
> the sender's intention, but a respondent may not be doing the same by
> chosing "Reply all"...?

For me it is logical.

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