The 'Reply To:' setting for the mailing list is currently set
for the Original Poster (OP). This results in two things:
o On hitting [Reply] on most MUAs the 'To:' address is set for
the OP. Since the OP would in any case a copy of the mail if
the reply is sent to the list, keeping the 'Reply To:' set
for the list would save all the trouble of doing a Cc to the
list or altering the 'To:' address.
o A lot of 'Undelived/ undeliverable' messages, and autoreplies
(those with 'out-of-office' mechanisms set) are also returned
to the OP. I received 8 such autoreplies to a post I made on
the list earlier this evening.
It would be nice if the List Admin could consider setting the
'Reply To:' option for list mails to the list itself.
It would be nice if the List Admin could consider setting the
'Reply To:' option for list mails to the list itself.
I concur.
The argument is sometimes made against this setting because people
accidentally send email to the list that they intended to only send to
one person. I think this is a specious argument that doesn't server the
majority of list users.
o A lot of 'Undelived/ undeliverable' messages, and autoreplies
(those with 'out-of-office' mechanisms set) are also returned
to the OP. I received 8 such autoreplies to a post I made on
the list earlier this evening.
This is the consequence of how the mailing list is setup : it is setup as a mail address, with no reference to it as being a mailinglist (or bulk mail address)
Here is how to fix it :
Most of my mailinglist subscriptions have a List-Id <dotted listname> or an extra header of Delivered-To: mailing list <list adres>.
They all however have the Precedence: bulk mailheader set.
Setting Precedence: bulk will prevent good mail clients/servers sending out of office mails to that address. If it does, the client is broken and needs fixing..