Bug 427937

Summary:	Reply to Author is not working if "Reply-To" header is present
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	Wassime <contact>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	minor	CC:	gjditchfield
Priority:	NOR
Version:	Git (master)
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Wassime 2020-10-18 18:28:09 UTC

Hello,
If a message contains the "Reply-To" header, the functionality "Reply to author |Shift+A]" will not work as expected since it will always reply to the email(s) listed in "Reply-To" header instead of replying to the person who sent the message "From" header.
Best regards,
Wassime.

Comment 1 gjditchfield 2020-10-19 16:50:29 UTC

KMail is working as intended.  See the standard, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822: "Reply-to" overrides "From", with the assumption that authors deliberately set it because they want replies to go to a particular address.