LISTSERV 17.5 Help - Reply-To Keyword

Reply-To Keyword

This keyword indicates whether to add a "Reply-To" header to list mail, and if so, what address to use. It also determines whether an existing "Reply-To" tag supplied by the sender should be preserved or discarded. The default value is "Reply-To= List,Respect".

Setting this parameter makes LISTSERV generate an appropriate "Reply-To" header in the mail it distributes to subscribers. However, it does not guarantee that the mail client on the receiving end will honor the "Reply-To" header. For example, some mailing systems are unable to process a "Reply-To" field with multiple addresses correctly and may therefore disregard the "Reply-To= Both" option and treat it as "Reply-To= List".

The two parameters are specified as follows:

List

Replies are directed to the list address.

Sender

Replies are directed to the original sender.

Both

Replies are directed to both the original sender and to the list (see note regarding this above).

None

No "Reply-To" header is generated unless "Respect" is specified and a "Reply-To" header is present in the original posting, in which case replies are directed to wherever the "Reply-To" tag points.

Specify

Replies are directed to the specified email address

Second parameter:

Respect

The original "Reply-To" tag on the posting, if any, is kept. If no valid "Reply-To" tag exists in the posting, the value defined in the first parameter of this keyword is used.

Ignore

The original "Reply-To" tag on the posting, if any, is ignored and discarded, and the value defined in the first parameter of this keyword is used instead. If you code "Reply-To= None,Ignore", then a "Reply-To" tag will never be sent by LISTSERV.

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