On Tue May 24 2005 14:52, Paul Jakma wrote:
Is anyone doing work on some kind of header to allow senders to
indicate reply preferences (particularly for list mail)?
[...]
It's an absolute mess, one which (as one of the seemingly few people
who prefer to receive both list and 'direct' copies on list replies)
causes me a lot of pain, as I have no way to indicate my preference
in a reliable fashion
The Reply-To header field will do what you want. It is specifically
designed to indicate a list of addresses for responses (RFC 2822):
When the "Reply-To:" field is present, it
indicates the mailbox(es) to which the author of the message suggests
that replies be sent.
So, in your case, setting
Reply-To: paul(_at_)club(_dot_)ie, ietf-822(_at_)imc(_dot_)org
would have indicated your stated preference.
This has been discussed in detail some months ago on the ietf-822 list.
For an older description of the field and its uses, see RFC 822 section
4.4.3, and note that a mailing list is "text message teleconferencing".