Re: [PATCH] Lose perl dependency. (fwd)

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"Krzysztof" == Krzysztof Halasa [off-list ref] writes:

Krzysztof> Actually it is the correct way to do that. If people "reply to group"
Krzysztof> or whatever is it called, the reply goes to "Reply-To" list.
Krzysztof> If they "reply to author", the reply goes to "From" address and
Krzysztof> "Reply-To" is ignored.

Argh.  Such misinformation abounds on this topic!

The only reason a mail client has the ability to ignore the "reply-to"
(which *violates* the RFCs - go check it out) is because of *broken*
(but perhaps well-intentioned) mailing lists that add "reply-to: list".

The proper solution is to *follow* the RFCs, and leave the reply-to alone when
relaying.  If someone wants to reply to the list *and* the person, they can
reply to both the "from (or reply-to)" and "to" addresses, often called a
"wide reply".  If someone wants to reply to just the person, they use the
"reply-to" if it's present, or the "from" if not.  This is *proper* behavior:
it's only some broken mailing lists out there that have caused us to have to
work around it.

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