On 1/3/06, Jeremy Turner <linuxwebguy@gmail.com> wrote:

On the other hand, if the list is set to reply back to the list
itself, and I want to reply to a particular user and click 'Reply to
All', I don't have the option of simply erasing 'kclug@kclug.org' and
going on with life. The Reply-To header munging eliminates their
email address. Then I have to go back to the original email, copy the

That's only if the 'munging' REPLACES the original poster's address with the list address, as opposed to ADDING the list address to the individual address. The confusion over the difference between these two practices leads many people to oppose what is IMO the best way to manage a mailing list.

The whole point of an email list is group discussion. The default reply should include the list and the individual. With both addresses in the To and/or Cc fields, it's easy to delete one if desired. At a minimum, each user should have the option to set this behavior in the listserv software.

And before someone says RFC, they ought to fscking read them. The Reply-To header was specifically designed for purposes such as this.