Of course, I just pressed "reply" rather than "group reply" and now
I'm left with the embarrasing possibility of a private reply going to
the mailing list instead of just the person I intended. Here's a
quote and link for you:
Reply-To munging does not benefit the user with a reasonable
mailer. People want to munge Reply-To headers to make ``reply back
to the list'' easy. But it already is easy. Reasonable mail
programs have two separate ``reply'' commands: one that replies
directly to the author of a message, and another that replies to
the author plus all of the list recipients. Even the lowly
Berkeley Mail command has had this for about a decade. [...]
If you use a reasonable mailer, Reply-To munging does not provide
any new functionality. It, in fact, decreases functionality.
Reply-To munging destroys the ``reply-to-author'' capability.
Munging makes this command act effectively the same as the
``reply-to-group'' function. We haven't added anything new, we've
only taken away. Reply-To munging is not merely benign, it is
harmful. It renders a useful mail capability inoperative.
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
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MJR (Not an official statement)
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