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In article <20452337@bfmny0.BFM.COM> tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:
>I advocate sending them out this way:
>
>	From: originalguy@his.site (Original Posting User)
>	To: listname@my.site (The Mailing List)
>	Subject: Whatever
>	Reply-To: listname@my.site
>	Errors-To: listname-request@my.site
>	Sender: listname-request@my.site
>
>	original message text...

 Most of what you described makes lots of sense.  But not the 'Reply-To: '
header.

 Most reasonable MUAs will not generate a reply to the 'From: ' header if
there is a 'Reply-To: ' present.  This means hand typing the address, probably
juggling multiple windows to look it up.  In short, it is an invitation to
mistyping and incorrect addresses.

 If you really must put the listname on 'Reply-To:' (and I obviously wish
you wouldn't), can you also put the originator's address there.  Unlike the
'From: ' header, the 'Reply-To: ' can have multiple addresses.  With

    Reply-To: listname@my.site, originalguy@his.site (Original Posting User)

 then the MUA will generate both addresses, and someone who wishes to
only respond to the originator can edit the headers as needed.

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