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+<H3><A NAME="SECTION002312000000000000000">
+3.1.2 Reply-To header munging</A>
+</H3>
+
+<P>
+This section controls what happens to the <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span>
+headers of messages posted through your list.
+
+<P>
+Beware!  <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> munging is considered a religious issue
+and the policies you set here can ignite some of the most heated
+off-topic flame wars on your mailing lists.  We'll try to stay as
+agnostic as possible, but our biases may still peak through.
+
+<P>
+<span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> is a header that is commonly used to redirect
+replies to messages.  Exactly what happens when your uses reply to
+such a message depends on the mail readers your users use, and what
+functions they provide.  Usually, there is both a ``reply to sender''
+button and a ``reply to all'' button.  If people use these buttons
+correctly, you will probably never need to munge
+<span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span>, so the default values should be fine.
+
+<P>
+Since an informed decision is always best, here are links to two
+articles that discuss the opposing viewpoints in great detail:
+
+<P>
+
+<UL>
+<LI><a class="ulink" href="http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html"
+  >Reply-To Munging Considered
+      Harmful</a>
+</LI>
+<LI><a class="ulink" href="http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml"
+  >Reply-To Munging Considered
+      Useful</a>
+
+<P>
+</LI>
+</UL>
+
+<P>
+The three options in this section work together to provide enough
+flexibility to do whatever <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> munging you might
+(misguidingly :) feel you need to do.
+
+<P>
+<DL>
+<DT><STRONG>first_strip_reply_to</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>This variable controls whether any <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header
+    already present in the posted message should get removed before
+    any other munging occurs.  Stripping this header will be done
+    regardless of whether or not Mailman will add its own
+    <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header to the message.
+
+<P>
+If this option is set to <i>No</i>, then any existing
+    <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header will be retained in the posted
+    message.  If Mailman adds its own header, it will contain
+    addresses which are the union of the original header and the
+    Mailman added addresses.  The mail standards specify that a
+    message may only have one <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header, but that
+    that header may contain multiple addresses.
+
+<P>
+</DD>
+<DT><STRONG>reply_goes_to_list</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>This variable controls whether Mailman will add its own
+    <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header, and if so, what the value of that
+    header will be (not counting original header stripping - see
+    above).
+
+<P>
+When you set this variable to <i>Poster</i>, no additional
+    <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header will be added by Mailman.  This
+    setting is strongly recommended.
+
+<P>
+When you set this variable to <i>This list</i>, a
+    <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header pointing back to your list's posting
+    address will be added.
+
+<P>
+When you set this variable to <i>Explicit address</i>, the value
+    of the variable <code>reply_to_address</code> (see below) will be
+    added.  Note that this is one situation where
+    <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> munging may have a legitimate purpose.  Say
+    you have two lists at your site, an announce list and a discussion
+    list.  The announce list might allow postings only from a small
+    number of approved users; the general list membership probably
+    can't post to this list.  But you want to allow comments on
+    announcements to be posted to the general discussion list by any
+    list member.  In this case, you can set the <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span>
+    header for the announce list to point to the discussion list's
+    posting address.
+
+<P>
+</DD>
+<DT><STRONG>reply_to_address</STRONG></DT>
+<DD>This is the address that will be added in the
+    <span class="mailheader">Reply-To:</span> header if <code>reply_goes_to_list</code> is set
+    to <i>Explicit address</i>.
+
+<P>
+</DD>
+</DL>
+
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