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Message-ID: <411EB953.9080309@cruzio.com>
From: dveditz at cruzio.com (Daniel Veditz)
Subject: meta-question about the list

Maarten wrote:

> I noticed that this list (-software) unlike many others does not add a 
> "Reply-To: field with the list address there.  This makes replying a wee bit 
> more error-prone since a lot of MUA's will happily reply to the poster 
> instead of the list unless you manually cut&paste the right addresses.
> 
> Is there a special reason this header isn't used ?

"-software"? I received this on full-disclosure. Which list would be put in
the Reply-to header?

See the articles

"Reply-To Munging Considered Harmful"
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html

"Reply-To Munging Considered Useful"
http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml

-Dan Veditz