How are others handling "Out of office" replies

 
From: "Bret Mathews bretmaverick999@PROTECTED [Dada Mail Developers]" <dadadev@PROTECTED>
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Date: March 20th 2018
I've created a list configured as follows:
- Bridge is enabled,
- Discussion List is enabled,
-, "p.p mode" is enabled (it has to be),
- "Replies to messages should" - "be addressed to the sender".

Hence any subscriber can send an email to the List Email Address, and Dada will then update the headers on the email and send it to all of the subscribers. When a subscriber receives one of these emails if they click:
- the default "Reply" it goes back to the sender of the original email
- the non-default "Reply All" it goes to the List Email Address
This prevents accidental default replies going to the list, as they have to go the extra mile to send to the list.

Upgrading to 10.7.2 from 7.4.1 won't solve my problem as they share the same code. So here's the info you need to know:
1. I was running 7.2.1 but it adds a comment to the end of the "From:" line causing it to look like this:
          From: "John Doe" <list-owner@PROTECTED> (JohnDoe _at_ whocares.com)
The comment at the end was causing a few email servers to think emails from my list were spam. 
2. This Release Notes for 7.3.0 mention these two items:
- Bridge's default From: header phrase is now vastly simplified, and no header comment is added anymore.
- The From: header is now set to the List Email address, rather than the List Owner email address.
The first is exactly what I'm looking for, and since I'm using the old "default" backend (files, not SQL) the highest I can upgrade to easily is 7.4.1 so that's what I do.
3. The upgrade fixes the "From:" line to not have the "comment" on the end ==> but it also changed who sent the email, from the List Owner email address, to the List Email Address.
4. Here's the NEW problem I'm now having. Suppose Subscriber#1 configures their "Out Of Office" and then goes on vacation. Then Subscriber#2 sends an email to the list. When Subscriber#1's email client gets the email it sends the Out Of Office reply back to the list ===> which then goes to all of the subscribers of the list.

In the code file dada/DADA/App/FormatMessages.pm,
- Release 7.2.1 sends the emails via: $new_from->address( $self->{ls}->param('list_owner_email') );
- Release 7.3.0 sends the emails via: $new_from->address( $self->{ls}->param('discussion_pop_email') );
I could change that line of code in 7.4.1 to how 7.2.1 does it. But since 10.7.2 does it like 7.4.1 I decided to ask others here if this is happening to them, and if there's anything you can do about it.

Thanks,
Bret Mathews

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