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

Paul Jakma <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.rfc822
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, 29 May 2005, Paul Jakma wrote:

> A major part of /my/ problem with using Reply-To for directing 
> list-replies is that many MUAs will then direct replies (be it 
> 'reply' or 'reply-all') to the mailbox(es) in the Reply-To field 
> automatically *without* involving their user in this decision, with 
> great risk that user doesn't even notice the redirection (and hence 
> commits an indiscretion by sending a private reply to multiple 
> addresses, not just the original author).
>
> If that annoying behaviour were discouraged via an official 
> document I could then whine at the implementors of such MUAs,

So is there any interest in this as a possible way forward?

regards,
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