[Techtalk] Configuring Mailman to CC replies to the list

Sujita Purushothaman sujita at mimos.my
Mon Sep 16 16:59:36 EST 2002


Jenn Vesperman wrote:

> You can't. It's not built into SMTP - the mail transport protocol. The
> reply and reply-all options in a mail client are client software, not
> mailing list software. They're based on headers in the mail transport
> protocol.
>

ok....Thanks.

>
> The protocol allows for several headers that client programs MAY (not
> must, but may) use when replying. These headers are:
>
> From
> To
> Reply-To
> Return-Path
> CC
> BCC
>
> Most of these headers have specific things that they MUST be based on,
> the only one that the mailing list software is allowed to munge is
> 'Reply-To'. (It MAY be allowed to munge 'From', but I don't think so.)
>
> There are two interesting articles on reply-to munging by mailing lists,
> one called 'Reply-To Munging Considered Harmful'. The other is the
> rebuttal to that, and would show up on a Google search for that topic.
> I recommend reading BOTH and making up your own mind.
>

Yes, I had read both, but munging the Reply-To doesn't solve my problem,
as I don't want the reply to go only to the list, it has to go both to the
list
as well the person the reply was for.

>
> (Note that I did not have the RFC for SMTP open when writing this, so
> please forgive and correct inaccuracies of detail.
> I'm sure I'm right in the broad sense, so if I'm wrong in that I'd
> appreciate a citation, preferable the section of the RFC where I've
> screwed up.)
>

Rgds,
Sujita




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