Gene Young wrote: > 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? > Configure your email app to flag moderated messages. When replying to those messages, cc to the OP and set the "reply to:" to the list.
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