[Asterisk-Users] Reply-To?

[Mark Charlton]

On Apr 8, 2005 4:08 PM, John Novack <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org> wrote:
>  Bruno Hertz wrote:
>  
> <>Jean-Michel Hiver <jhiver at ykoz.net> writes:
>  Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
>  Oops, sorry for the list reply :/
>  
>  
> <>Actually, why does the Reply-To point to the Asterisk Users mailing
>  list? This breaks the reply to sender only / reply to all / list reply
>  functionality of my mailer. It's really broken :(
>  Some would say your mail client is broken. What you're complaining about is
> generally called 'reply-to munging', and there's been a long discussion
> about this. Google reveals more, like these two oppositional opinions
> 
> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml
> 
> Regards, Bruno.
>  And there probably will NEVER ba an agreement on this subject.
>  Another list I am on even went so far as to take a poll, and it was split
> right down the middle, half taking the correct position outlined in the
> first article, and half  the second, much less flexible,  position..
>  
>  The really curious thing on this list is every so often, if I choose to
> reply, the poster AND the list appear, but mostly just the list, as if the
> poster had some control as well.
>  
>  John Novack
>  

I generally find there are 2 types of mailing list.  Announcements and
Discussions.  In an announcement list you want replies to go to the
announcer direct.  On a discussion list you generally want to reply to
the list taking part in the discussion.

It all depends on so many things.

My 2c