On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:18:19 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote
On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 14:40 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
"Some administrators claim that Reply-To munging can have harmful --
even dangerous -- effects. I assert the opposite, that not adding a
Reply-To header has even more harmful effects. If you think Reply-To
munging is a bad idea, I hope I can change your mind."
Yes but he's obviously smoking crack.
By omitting the Reply-To: header you give the author the chance to
see all replies to his mail and you err on the side of privacy. By emitting
it you deprive the author of that chance and force him to pick out
replies in the list itself because they aren't sent directly, and you
err on the side of publicity.
You also make features of some MUAs useless if you munge Reply-To. For
example, if Reply-To isn't munged, I can either click Reply to only reply to
the author, or Reply To All to reply to the author and the list. If Reply-To
is munged, those two buttons have the same effect.