Where are replies to list messages directed? No Munging is strongly recommended for most mailing lists. This option controls what Mailman does to the Reply-To: header in messages flowing through this mailing list. When set to No Munging, no Reply-To: header is added by Mailman, although if one is present in the original message, it is not stripped. Setting this value to either Reply to List, Explicit Reply, or Reply Only causes Mailman to insert a specific Reply-To: header in all messages, overriding the header in the original message if necessary (Explicit Reply inserts the value of reply_to_address). Explicit Reply-to set; no Cc added is useful forannounce-only lists where you want to avoid someone replying to the list address. There are many reasons not to introduce or override the Reply-To: header. One is that some posters depend on their own Reply-To: settings to convey their valid return address. Another is that modifying Reply-To: makes it much more difficult to send private replies. See <a href="http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-harmful.html">`Reply-To' Munging Considered Harmful</a> for a general discussion of this issue. See <a href="http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-useful.html">`Reply-To' Munging Considered Useful</a> for a dissenting opinion. Some mailing lists have restricted posting privileges, with a parallel list devoted to discussions. Examples are `patches' or `checkin' lists, where software changes are posted by a revision control system, but discussion about the changes occurs on a developers mailing list. To support these types of mailing lists, select Explicit Reply and set the Reply-To: address option to point to the parallel list.
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This option controls what Mailman does to the Reply-To: header in messages flowing through this mailing list. When set to No Munging, no Reply-To: header is added by Mailman, although if one is present in the original message, it is not stripped. Setting this value to either Reply to List, Explicit Reply, or Reply Only causes Mailman to insert a specific Reply-To: header in all messages, overriding the header in the original message if necessary (Explicit Reply inserts the value of reply_to_address). Explicit Reply-to set; no Cc added is useful forannounce-only lists where you want to avoid someone replying to the list address. There are many reasons not to introduce or override the Reply-To: header. One is that some posters depend on their own Reply-To: settings to convey their valid return address. Another is that modifying Reply-To: makes it much more difficult to send private replies. See <a href="http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-harmful.html">`Reply-To' Munging Considered Harmful</a> for a general discussion of this issue. See <a href="http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-useful.html">`Reply-To' Munging Considered Useful</a> for a dissenting opinion. Some mailing lists have restricted posting privileges, with a parallel list devoted to discussions. Examples are `patches' or `checkin' lists, where software changes are posted by a revision control system, but discussion about the changes occurs on a developers mailing list. To support these types of mailing lists, select Explicit Reply and set the Reply-To: address option to point to the parallel list.