Reply-To mailing list?

David Ashby delta.mu.alpha at gmail.com
Fri Dec 4 14:40:38 GMT 2020


Ah, that would explain why so many of the emails to this list were getting
thrown into my spam folder before now. Leaving it as it is help
alleviate that, right?

On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 8:30 AM orbifx 🦊 <fox at orbitalfox.eu> wrote:

> > Irrespectively of MUA, could we revert back to the setup pre November
> 22nd, and fix the rest of the stack instead.
>
> I don't think the point for the change was understood here.
>
> When Mailman is set to assert the Reply-To header to "list", it will
> invalidate the mail signature by many servers making others regard the
> email as forged. This was a slip up on this list; other lists on this
> server as set to not alter the Reply-To header.
>
> It is my opinion, and that of others, that this is best solved by mail
> clients observing the List-* headers.
>
> Further more, I recommend the use of "reply-all" as a default, because it
> is possible for a list to receive an email from someone who is not
> subscribed. With reply-all, your email client shall include both the person
> and the list, thus eliminating the reply-to issue. It also let's the
> recipient know they were being addressed in the response (commonly known as
> "mentioned").
>
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