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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 <em>No</em>, 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 <em>Poster</em>, 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 <em>This list</em>, 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 <em>Explicit address</em>, 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 <em>Explicit address</em>. + +<p> +</dd> +</dl> + +<p> + +<div class="navigation"> +<div class='online-navigation'> +<p></p><hr /> +<table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> +<tr> +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="prev" title="2.1.1 general list personality" + href="node10.html"><img src='previous.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='Previous Page' width='32' /></a></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="parent" title="2.1 the General Options" + href="node9.html"><img src='up.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='Up one Level' width='32' /></a></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="next" title="2.1.3 umbrella list settings" + href="node12.html"><img src='next.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='Next Page' width='32' /></a></td> +<td align="center" width="100%">GNU Mailman - List Administration Manual</td> +<td class='online-navigation'><a rel="contents" title="Table of Contents" + href="contents.html"><img src='contents.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='Contents' width='32' /></a></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> +<td class='online-navigation'><img src='blank.png' + border='0' height='32' alt='' width='32' /></td> +</tr></table> +<div class='online-navigation'> +<b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> +<a class="sectref" rel="prev" href="node10.html">2.1.1 General list personality</a> +<b class="navlabel">Up:</b> +<a class="sectref" rel="parent" href="node9.html">2.1 The General Options</a> +<b class="navlabel">Next:</b> +<a class="sectref" rel="next" href="node12.html">2.1.3 Umbrella list settings</a> +</div> +</div> +<hr /> +<span class="release-info">Release 2.1, documentation updated on December 5, 2007.</span> +</div> +<!--End of Navigation Panel--> + +</body> +</html> |