Re: Mailing list changes

From: Segher Boessenkool <*segher_at_kernel.crashing.org*> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 09:58:40 -0500 Message-ID: <20180326145840.GA23207@gate.crashing.org> · segher_at_kernel.crashing.org

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:08:33AM +0100, smf wrote:
> On 25/03/2018 21:43, Ingo Korb wrote:
> >So Thunderbird should make it impossible to send a reply to the author
> >of the message instead of the list if the list adds a forged Reply-To
> >header?
> >
> What do you mean by "forged"? If I hit Reply it should Reply to the 
> Reply-To address.

And Reply-To: is set by the *user*.

> Thunderbird adds a "Reply List" button to confuse you, because the 
> likelihood is that you always want to Reply to the Reply-To address.
> 
> A better option woudl be to add a "Reply From" button, which appears if 
> the From and Reply-To were different.
> 
> Then Reply would always Reply to the Reply-To address and Reply From 
> would Reply to the From address.

Since forever there have been "reply" and "reply all" ("group reply")
commands.  If mailing lists usurp the Reply-To: header then those do
not work correctly anymore.  Various MUAs have various workarounds for
that.  Thunderbird's causes more problems than it solves.

Segher