Bug 177716

Summary: KMail should not reply to a mailing list when not asked to
Product: [Applications] kmail Reporter: Jacques-Louis KREISS <jlk>
Component: generalAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist CC: bluedzins, kloecker
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Mandriva RPMs   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description Jacques-Louis KREISS 2008-12-13 21:25:25 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.3)
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs

KMail guesses when a message comes from a mailing list ('List-Post' header). When one replies to such a message, the 'To' field defaults to the list address instead of the original sender's address, even if there is no 'Reply-To' header telling so.

I think this is non-standard behaviour and should not be encouraged. It is up to the list administrator to decide whether the default reply should be to the list or to the original sender. He can put a 'Reply-To' header if he wants the reply to go to the list.

I know this has already been filed as a bug (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81778), then ignored, but I think this is a really bad behaviour that should not be encouraged...
Comment 1 Ingo Klöcker 2009-10-18 21:29:00 UTC
Please read comment #16 of bug #109069 for the rationale of KMail's behavior.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 109069 ***
Comment 2 Ingo Klöcker 2009-10-18 21:32:13 UTC
Sorry, it's comment #17 of bug #109069.