Hi Ingo,
Any good mailer should have the "list reply" function. So that the reply goes to the mailinglist, if appropriate headers are set by the mailing list software (which is the case for all lists I'm subscribed to).
A'Reply-to' header spoils this behaviour. I can see that it makes sense, if the'From' and the'Reply-to' are different. But why use this if both are the same? It makes no difference when somebody hits the reply to button.
... I see your point which is a perfectly valid argument. I for one use Apple Mail on Mac OS X which does not have a reply-to-list functionality. And there may be some other people in the list who don't use Thunderbird or the like. Some people access SuSE lists using Outlook on winblows. One can easily spot those guys when they go on vacation, enable that darn out-of-office reply and the list gest spammed with that crap. :-( So, I didn't want to argue about the philosophical aspect. All I wanted was to describe a way to get it done with _any_ mail client, no matter if it has a reply-to-list function or not. With Apple Mail, that makes 2 clicks, one hit on the delete key and another very small drag-n-drop. I know, Thunderbird is available on Mac OS X too but I still prefer Apple Mail for a couple of other reasons. -- cul8er Paul paul.foerster@gmx.net