On Sunday 23 December 2001 08:07 am, you wrote: > Rats! > > Apologies to the group for sending to the whole group > what was intended to be private replies to individuals > who responded to my question about LPI certification. > > Apparently our list server incorporates the > intrinsically evil Reply-To header. Normally I *always* > check my headers by eye on sending mail, particularly > replies, but once in a blue moon I get burned. > Fortunately there was nothing in my two messages that > was embarrassing to me or anyone else. It just wasn't > intended for everyone, and the content of the two > messages was essentially repeated. > > Thou shalt not use Reply-To without good reason! > (Sometimes there is.) Thou shalt not send replies to a list message without checking the header if thou dost not want it to go to the whole list. As a default a list message SHOULD be set to reply to the list. That is a good default.