<div dir="ltr">The help on the reply:to option has the following to say. I see both sides, but it does seem like it would be better for most if we allowed the option of replying to the poster or the list...<br><div><br><b>reply_goes_to_list</b> (general): Where are replies to list messages directed?
<tt>Poster</tt> is <em>strongly</em> recommended for most mailing
lists.<p>This option controls what Mailman does to the
<tt>Reply-To:</tt> header in messages flowing through this
mailing list. When set to <em>Poster</em>, no <tt>Reply-To:</tt>
header is added by Mailman, although if one is present in the
original message, it is not stripped. Setting this value to
either <em>This list</em> or <em>Explicit address</em> causes
Mailman to insert a specific <tt>Reply-To:</tt> header in all
messages, overriding the header in the original message if
necessary (<em>Explicit address</em> inserts the value of reply_to_address).
</p>There are many reasons not to introduce or override the
<tt>Reply-To:</tt> header. One is that some posters depend on
their own <tt>Reply-To:</tt> settings to convey their valid
return address. Another is that modifying <tt>Reply-To:</tt>
makes it much more difficult to send private replies. See <a href="http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html">`Reply-To'
Munging Considered Harmful</a> for a general discussion of this
issue. See <a href="http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml">Reply-To
Munging Considered Useful</a> for a dissenting opinion.<br><br>
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