Mailing lists [was: using a light theme...]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 09:07:49PM -0700, Will Yardley wrote:

>This is also why Mutt has a built in feature to _ignore_ Reply-To when
>it matches the list address.

Well, look at that ($ignore_list_reply_to).

>Some disagree strongly, but this is probably the "classic" post about
>the subject:
>https://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-harmful.html

I agree with that, myself -- lists shouldn't hack up Reply-To:. 
Especially because, as that post says, that subverts the intent of 
Reply-To:, and so breaks things.

That post doesn't even mention things like Mutt's 'L' <list-reply>, 
which makes this even easier. Thunderbird also has that command, in a 
handy button "Reply List". Probably some other mail readers have it too.

To the original poster, Ranjan Maitra: if you're willing to do things 
like change key bindings per message, then you can get the behavior you 
want whether or not the list does the Reply-To: hack. So you don't need 
the hack.