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[Roel Schroeven]

Mike Meyer wrote:
> Roel Schroeven <rschroev_nospam_ml at fastmail.fm> writes:
> 
>>Peter Decker wrote:
>>
>>>Setting the default Reply-To: to the list means that 'Reply' sends
>>>just to the list (the desired behavior most of the time), and 'Reply
>>>to all' sends 2 copies.
>>
>>The thing is: Reply-to has legitimate uses. I don't really understand
>>the use cases (AFAICS all of them could be done with Form: instead)
> 
> 
> Yes, they can all be done with From:. But From: has uses other than
> just listing the reply address, and if you hijack From: to replace
> reply-to (because other people have hijacked Reply-To: for purposes
> for which it wasn't intended :-), then you can't use From: for what
> *it* was intended for.
> 
> I send out mail - well, mail gets sent out for me - every day that
> uses both the From: and Reply-To: fields. The mail is *from* me, and
> that's what the from header says. The reply needs to go to a magic
> maildrop that takes action based on the reply address. The recipient
> doesn't need to see the reply address, and would only be confused by
> it if they did.

Ah yes, I see. I guess I could have thought about that sort of cases myself.

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Roel Schroeven