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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