[kakaroto at kakaroto.homelinux.net: Re: Request: Add Reply-To Header]

[Norman Rasmussen]

as much as reply-to mangling is bad, +1 to add a reply-to header.  (+2 for
Google adding an option to make the default reply on message from a mailing
list configurable)

On Feb 10, 2008 6:40 AM, Youness Alaoui <kakaroto at kakaroto.homelinux.net>
wrote:

> Yeah.. of course, I again forgot to CC the ML...
> lol
>
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> From: Youness Alaoui <kakaroto at kakaroto.homelinux.net>
> To: Ethan Blanton <elb at pidgin.im>
> Subject: Re: Request: Add Reply-To Header
>
> Ok thanks, but it doesn't help.. first, by adding the 'subscribe' in
> muttrc it will change all the 'From' fields into 'To: openim.." or "CC:
> openim.." so I can't see who wrote the mail unless I open it.
> Also, the 'r'/'l'/'g' already works without adding the 'subscribe' and
> that's what I use when I think about it, but I'm just too used to
> typing 'r' to reply... if I could configure it to send to the mailing list
> automatically when I press 'r', that would help!
>
> Thanks!
>
> KaKaRoTo
>
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 10:06:05PM -0500, Ethan Blanton wrote:
> > Youness Alaoui spake unto us the following wisdom:
> > > I use mutt over a terminal as mail client, and it doesn't recognize
> > > the list, so I need to do a reply-all, which I am really not used to
> > > doing..  I prefer the reply-to header as this makes it much easier..
> > > for me at least... we could try to vote on who wants it and who
> > > doesn't (or don't care) then decide.. I would vote for having a
> > > reply-to header.
> >
> > Put 'subscribe openim at imfreedom.org' in your .muttrc, and it will
> > recognize the list.  You will then have three reply options -- 'r' for
> > reply to sender, 'L' for reply to list, and 'g' for reply to all.
> > This is the correct way to handle things in any sane mailreader.  Mutt
> > has fantastic support for mailing lists.
> >
> > > Subject mangling would be nice, helps me see what was sent where, but
> > > it's not necessary at all, so I really don't mind it the way it is.
> >
> > Put:
> >
> > :0:
> > * ^List-Id: <openim\.imfreedom\.org>
> > {
> >     SUBJECT=`formail -c -xSubject:`
> >     :0fw
> >     | formail -I "Subject: [openim] $SUBJECT"
> > }
> >
> > in your .procmailrc.
> >
> > While I don't feel *too* strongly about reply-to mangling (it's
> > obviously wrong and broken, but easy enough to hack around if you have
> > to with rare ill-effects), subject mangling is a *really* bad idea.
> >
> > Ethan
> >
> > --
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> > for evils].  They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor
> > determined to commit crimes.
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