Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) 
        by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK)
	id DAA12229; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 03:04:21 -0400
Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.7); Sat, 19 Apr 1997 03:02:58 -0400
Received:  
        by CS.UTK.EDU (cf v2.9s-UTK)
	id DAA11946; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 03:02:54 -0400
Received: from koobera.math.uic.edu (qmailr@koobera.math.uic.edu [128.248.178.247]) 
        by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK)
	id DAA11924; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 03:02:45 -0400
Received: (qmail 24728 invoked by uid 666); 19 Apr 1997 07:10:07 -0000
Date: 19 Apr 1997 07:10:07 -0000
Message-ID: <19970419071007.24727.qmail@koobera.math.uic.edu>
From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu>
To: drums@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re:  Replying to a mailing list and Reply-To

> I don't see most users being able to set such a header properly and
> don't see how it would be done automatically.

Easy: the MUA includes the author by default, but leaves him out for
messages to mailing lists where he's a subscriber.

Even if the MUA doesn't handle subscriptions, it's at worst a simple
matter of configuration. (Configuration is probably a good idea anyway:
some mailing lists are so slow that it's nice to see an advance copy.)

The point is that the decision is made by someone who has the necessary
information. The author knows whether he's receiving duplicate messages,
and controls Wide-Reply-To accordingly.

In contrast, the current situation, with or without Reply-To munging,
poses an impossible problem for people sending replies.

> Anyway, it is outside the scope of drums.

Right.

---Dan
Let your users manage their own mailing lists. http://pobox.com/~djb/qmail.html