mail to individuals

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Wed, September 30, 2009 14:27, Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote:
> On Wed, September 30, 2009 14:17, Liam Proven wrote:
>
>> The email came from the list, not from the individual. The reply
>> should go to where the mail came from: the list.
>
> Sorry, you are wrong.
>
> From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>
> To: sounder at lists.ubuntu.com
> List-Post: <mailto:sounder at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sender: sounder-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> Errors-To: sounder-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com

Compare sounder with ubuntu-users:


From: "Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)" <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support,
     not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support,
     not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
List-Post: <mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sender: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
Errors-To: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com


Who added that Reply-To header? I didn't! The list must have done that.

What if I define my own Reply-To header? Will it be superseded by the
list? I don't want that either! The list is not allowed to mangle my email
(this is forbidden by Belgian and European telecom law), they are only
allowed to add new headers.


But Reply-To is optional, I should be able to reply the (original) author
if I want to.