On 25/11/2015 11:19 AM, Rick Moen via luv-main wrote:
Reply-all MUA semantics is the normal and intended, standards-compliant way to respond to groups (including to mailing lists). This works even on mailing lists whose administrators meddle with Reply-To:. If your MUA doesn't do that, file a bug.
Reply-All is a pain on a mailing list, because of the extra To: and Cc: addresses that are sent to by default (unless manually removed), but some MUAs have a "Reply List" feature, which has the desired effect of generating a single reply to the list. Works really well on lists like this one (i.e. without Reply-To: munging), I can have all 3 options: Reply - replies to the sender Reply List - replies to mailing list only Reply All - replies to the list and sender(s) FWIW, I use Thunderbird. And yes, Reply-To: munging breaks this badly.
Reply-sender MUA semantics is the normal and intended, standards-compliant way to respond to sender only. This works except where a mailing list adminstrator has made standards-infringing use of Reply-To:, in which case the user must act to manually overcome that obstacle. Absent that artificial obstacle, if your MUA's reply-sender functionality doesn't work, file a bug.
This is why MUAs have two 'reply' modes.
3 modes is better - sender, list and all. I use the "List" option a lot, dramatically reduces clutter, especially in long threads.
(Back in the early 1990s, a few MUAs existed that (allegedly) couldn't yet do reply-all. They're no longer around.)
Yes, sure there are lots of debates and dicussions about which one is "right" or "wrong"....
IETF settled the alleged debate in 2001 via RFCs 2822 and 2369. http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/netiquette.html#replyto
People still arguing either haven't gotten the message over the last 14 years, or refuse to heed it.
History and an ever present stream of noobs mean Reply-To: munging will linger for a long time, even though we have both the mailing list and MUA software to properly handle all replies without having to munge anything. :( -- 73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL http://vkradio.com