On Saturday 01 September 2018 at 17:21:39, Hendrik Boom wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 03:27:59PM +0200, J. Fahrner wrote:
> > Hi,
> > my spam blocking rules don't allow a reply-to address to freemail
> > addresses. Today I received a message from this list with a gmail.com
> > replyto address (which was rejected).
> > I'm wondering why this list allows replyto addresses which contain other
> > addresses than this list. That makes no sense to me. Replies to list
> > messages should always go to the list.
>
> The reply-to header is to indicate where to send a message to the
> original author. The author might, for example, be temporarilly
> away from his usual site and still want to indicate where he
> normally receives email.

This may have been the case when email was in its infancy, and an email
address actually pointed at "the machine" used by an individual, but how
relevant is this these days, when people can access their email accounts from
multiple devices, many of which are mobile and go with the person when they
away from "their usual site"?

> This might be useful, for example, to make a private, off-list reply.
>
> The 'list-post' header is to indicate how to reply to the list.
>
> Proper email programs distinguish between these and recognise both.
> Proper mailing-list software don't get in the way.

Agreed.


Antony.

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