Mutt - filepro report processing - Unix

[Jean-Pierre A. Radley]

Walter D Vaughan Jr propounded (on Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 04:36:36PM -0400):
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-
| > bounces+wvaughan=steelerubber.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of
| > Jean-Pierre A. Radley
| 
| > Please consider the environment yourself.  I got two copies of your
| message
| > because you addressed it both to the fP list and to me.  Why?
| 
| I have always thought the headers for this mailing list to
| counter-intuitive. Every email I reply-to regardless of the client I have
| used, requires me to remember to erase the address of the person of whose
| email I am replying and replace it with the mailing list's address.
| 
| I'd guess that 98% of all follow-ups are meant for everyone, and are not
| private answers.
| 
| Is there not about a dozen RFC's for headers that would automatically cause
| a reply to go to the entire mailing list? 
| 
| Would that not end all these duplicate emails, or private replies that were
| meant for someone two or three indents earlier to see along with the entire
| group?
| http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list

Well, Walter, for sure MTAs and MUAs have different logic and capabilities.

My incoming mail is filtered through a classic Unix program called
"deliver". If it sees that a message has been sent to "*filepro-list*",
it replaces any Reply-To Header, or adds one if it's lacking, with:

	Reply-To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com

Then, using mutt to read the mail, if I hit 'r' while reading a message
from this mailing list, the screen shows:

	Reply to filepro-list at lists.celestial.com? ([yes]/no):

If I hit ENTER, my reply will be sent to the list; otherwise, it will go
to the poster.

-- 
JP