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SubjectRe: [OFF-TOPIC but IMO necessary] 'Reply-to' braindamage.
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David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com wrote:

>I didn't contribute the the recent thread about it, as I assumed
>that the idea of Reply-to munging would be stomped upon from a
>great height. I didn't expect the list administrators to actually
>_implement_ the bloody thing.
>
>_PLEASE_ could this be stopped.
>
>Alternatively, could someone set up an alternative mailing list
>forwards the posts from linux-kernel without the offending
>Reply-to line. (The current l-k setup does still include the
>original one if it exists.)

Just a quick comment to say that people using customizable MUAs
can still reply with the old behaviour (which is not to imply that
I agree with the new behaviour, just that it's not the end of the
world -- personally, I think it has some merits, but whether these
outweigh the problems it causes I'll leave for someone else to
decide :-).

With exmh, for example, add the following to your ~/.exmh-defaults file:

*Mops.ubuttonlist: repl repls
*Mops.repl.text: Repl
*Mops.repl.command: Msg_Reply
*Mops.repls.text: Repl-s
*Mops.repls.command: Msg_Reply -form /path/to/kernelcomps

Then put the following in /path/to/kernelcomps:

%(lit)%(formataddr %<{from}%?{sender}%?{return-path}%>)\
%<(nonnull)%(void(width))%(putaddr To: )\n%>\
%(lit)%(formataddr{Cc})%(formataddr{cc})%(formataddr{To})%(formataddr{to})\
%<(nonnull)%(void(width))%(putaddr cc: )\n%>\
%<{fcc}Fcc: %{fcc}\n%>\
%<{subject}Subject: Re: %{subject}\n%>\
%<{date}In-reply-to: Your message of "\
%<(nodate{date})%{date}%|%(pretty{date})%>."%<{message-id}
%{message-id}%>\n%>\
--------

Add the following line to ~/.mh_profile:

repl: -filter /path/to/replfilter

Finally, put the following in /path/to/replfilter:

:
width=80
body:component=">",overflowtext=">",overflowoffset=0
:
:--
:My .sig here

This gives you 2 buttons: "repl" doing a normal reply, and "repl-s"
which replies to the original sender, as given in the "From:" line
in the header, ignoring any "Reply-to:" lines.

*Now* I remember why I use Unix -- it lets me do what *I* want,
not what a given application *thinks* I'll want. Reminds me of
a quote:

``Unix: because everything else is just a pathetic toy.''

-- Stephen S. Edwards II <phlaxior@primenet.com>

Tet

PS. Naturally, users of command line MH (or nmh) can use the same
technique by aliasing "repls" to "repl -form /path/to/kernelcomps"

PPS. Yes, I know that not everyone has a free choice of MUA -- I'm
meant to be using M$ Outlook for this, but judicious use of an
Inbox Assistant autoforwards everything to my Linux box where
procmail and MH take care of the rest :-)

PPPS. This assumes a correctly set up replcomps for "normal" replies.

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