Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:
> * Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)  on Sun, 23 Jul 2000
> | I think the header might be useful in a posting to a mailing list.
> | Maybe the author doesn't want to receive two copies of the replies,
> | and is subscribed to the mailing list.
> 
> Reply-To is used in a mail message to direct replies to someone other than
> the originator.  Using Mail-Copies-To to duplicate this behavior is
> redundant.

OTOH, setting Reply-To to point to a mailing list is misuse of
Reply-To as well.[0]  (Even when it's done by users instead of the
list software, I say.)  Mail-Followup-To[1] is a solution designed
specifically for this problem.  Gnus should support it, but I'm not
sure whether it would necessitate a distinction between wide reply to
news and wide reply to mail.

[0] <URL:http://hackvan.com/pub/stig/rants/reply-to-considered-harmful.html>
[1] <URL:http://cr.yp.to/proto/replyto.html>


paul