Version: (using KDE KDE 3.4.0) Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages I'm somtimes receive message like this To : me@ucl.ac.be From :A@ucl.ac.be Return-Path: list_owner@ucl.ac.be and no "Reply-to" When press reply to answer to "A@ucl.ac.be", it is the address "list_owner@ucl.ac.be" which is used and not the address in From. I think, in abscence of "Reply-to", to reply the "From" must be used and not the "Return-path": extract of rfc822 : ------------------ 4.3.1. RETURN-PATH This field is added by the final transport system that delivers the message to its recipient. The field is intended to contain definitive information about the address and route back to the message's originator. Note: The "Reply-To" field is added by the originator and serves to direct replies, whereas the "Return-Path" field is used to identify a path back to the origina- tor. While the syntax indicates that a route specification is optional, every attempt should be made to provide that information in this field.
Okay apparently, kmail uses the "reply to list (L)" and not "reply to author (shift+A)" when we click on the button "reply (R)". I think it would be a better idea to set the standard reply to "reply to author" usualy and to "reply to list (L)" if we are in a folder holding a contact list. Or at least let the user choose what is his preffered reply method.