mail to individuals

[Odd]

Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote:
> 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 Will it be superseded by the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?

That is the logical way to do it, yes.

> I don't want that either!

I do.

> 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.

I don't think you are correct about that applying to a mailing list.

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

And you can. Just put the author's address into the TO: field.

-- 
Odd