From: IN%"rah@shipwright.com" "Robert Hettinga" 28-AUG-1996 02:44:31.09
We don't do it because of reply-to loops.
Only idiots, or charitably, those with very low traffic, run their mail lists any other way.
Accidentally sending private e-mail to the list is bad enough without bringing the listserver to its knees...
Umm... only one other list I'm on does reply-to to something other than the list, and some of those lists are running majordomo. Reply-to to the list doesn't have to cause problems; only a few domains (compuserve.com, wow.com, and one other that I can't remember offhand) cause error problems to reply-to addresses. The point about low volume mailing lists vs high volume ones is, however, a good point; the other list with reply-to to other than the list that I'm on is one designed for low traffic. -Allen