Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] RFD: Set Reply-To to list if not already set

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:20:35 -0800
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 11:54:25AM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> I'd prefer it, as not only would it reduce the duplicate replies, it'd 
> also mean that if person X asks a question, and person Y replies, 
> person X would have to make an effort to reply to person Y's reply and 
> have the reply go only to person Y rather than to the list, i.e. they'd 
> have to make an explicit choice to act as if person Y had somehow 
> announced that they have taken full responsibility for person X's 
> problem.
> 
> I'd vote for ethereal-users working the same way.

...although one problem with it is that if somebody *not* on the list
sends a message to the list, and doesn't explicitly set Reply-To:,
replies will, by default, not get sent to them.