Re: mail-followup-to / mail-copies-to

Paul Jakma <[email protected]> wrote:

> We need some header to allow include-me-on-list-replies preference to
> be expressed, just as the List-* headers allow MUAs to 'pick' which
> address is the list address.

There are several things that would be useful to be able to express.
Here are the ones that spring to my mind right now:

  * What sorts of replies are allowed/encouraged:
    - Prefer private reply.
    - Prefer public reply.
    - Public reply is the only option (From address is bogus).
    - No preference.

    (Mailing lists may want to supply a preference if the author did
    not supply one, but they generally should not clobber the author's
    preference if one was supplied.)

  * Where private replies should go:
    - The From address vs. some other address(es).

  * Where public replies should go:
    - To the To/Cc addresses, or to some other addresses?  (For example,
      replies to an announcement list might be directed to a discussion
      list.)
    - Should the private-reply address be excluded to avoid duplication
      (because the public-reply addresses already cover it), or included
      (because the public-reply addresses don't already cover it)?

For a moment I thought about the ability to indicate that some of the
To/Cc addresses should be excluded from public replies, but in that
case, what are those addresses doing in the To/Cc field in the first
place?

What have I missed?

> Well personally I think Mail-Followup-To is problematic.

I'm confused by the Mail-Followup-To field in your message.  It contains
only your address, not the list address.  Doesn't that mean that a
"reply all" would go to you and nowhere else?  Surely that's not what
you intended?

http://cr.yp.to/proto/replyto.html

I think you want both the list address and your address in
Mail-Followup-To.

AMC