[Mailman-Developers] feature request: new option for reply_goes_to_list

[Simone Piunno]

Hi,

I run a bunch of lists with reply_goes_to_list=1 

(yeah, I know that reply-to munging is considered harmful but I consider
more important to keep discussions inside the lists and anyway this has
been our standard configuration for ages and now people expect this
behaviour)

The problem is that sometimes a non-subscriber sends a question to the
list and subscribers think he is also a subscriber and do not CC him.
I think it would be nice to use the multi-valued reply-to this way:

 1. if the user sent a message with reply-to, then add the list
    address to the reply-to (or overwrite reply-to with the list
    address if the original reply-to is subscribed to the list,
    just to remove duplicate mails)
   
 2. if the user sent a message without reply-to, then create a
    new reply-to including:
     a. the original from or sender (which is the best?) if it's
        not subscribed to the list
     b. the list address

Probably this could be a 4th option for the reply_goes_to_list setting.

I'm willing to provide a patch if you like the idea, 
but I don't know which address to use for the "2a" case.

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Simone Piunno, FerraraLUG - http://members.ferrara.linux.it/pioppo