[antlr-interest] mailing list reply-to address

Rick Mann rmann at latencyzero.com
Thu Mar 8 00:02:44 PST 2007


On Mar 7, 2007, at 23:45 , Gavin Lambert wrote:

> Like it says, though, all mailers have both a Reply and a Reply To  
> All button.  Without rewriting the Reply-To header, both buttons do  
> what they say, and I can choose whether I want to send a private  
> reply or a public reply with ease.  If the list rewrites the  
> header, both buttons do exactly the same thing and I've lost the  
> option to send a private reply (without tweaking the headers  
> manually).  Thereby removing functionality, which is a bad thing.

The From: address can still be the poster's address. Reply-To is  
easy, reply-to-all is harder. You can still reply only to the poster:  
you reply to all and edit, just as you must do today to reply only to  
the list. This makes it easier to reply to the list (the typical  
behavior), but still allows replying to the poster. Furthermore, it  
reduces the number of duplicate emails received; a reply to the list  
(the most desired action) goes to one address, while reply-to-all  
goes to all addresses (without editing).

-- 
Rick




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