lib/PublicInbox/Reply.pm | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 lib/PublicInbox/View.pm  | 14 ++++++++++----
 t/reply.t                | 12 ++++++++++++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Reply.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Reply.pm
index 13ae052e32641f08b15c351ac82273d35c377377..0cd36fdad542ee53e2cd9d95b3ef60bedc9d74e9 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Reply.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Reply.pm
@@ -58,21 +58,40 @@ 		}
 	}
 
 	my @arg;
+	my $obfs = $ibx->{obfuscate};
 	my $subj = $hdr->header('Subject') || '';
 	$subj = "Re: $subj" unless $subj =~ /\bRe:/i;
 	my $mid = $hdr->header_raw('Message-ID');
 	push @arg, '--in-reply-to='.squote_maybe(mid_clean($mid));
 	my $irt = mid_escape($mid);
 	delete $cc->{$to};
-	push @arg, "--to=$to";
-	$to = uri_escape_utf8($to);
-	$subj = uri_escape_utf8($subj);
+	if ($obfs) {
+		my $arg_to = $to;
+		$arg_to =~ s/\./\$(echo .)/;
+		push @arg, "--to=$arg_to";
+	} else {
+		push @arg, "--to=$to";
+		$to = uri_escape_utf8($to);
+		$subj = uri_escape_utf8($subj);
+	}
 	my @cc = sort values %$cc;
 	$cc = '';
 	if (@cc) {
-		push(@arg, map { "--cc=$_" } @cc);
-		$cc = '&Cc=' . uri_escape_utf8(join(',', @cc));
+		if ($obfs) {
+			push(@arg, map {
+				s/\./\$(echo .)/;
+				"--cc=$_";
+			} @cc);
+		} else {
+			$cc = '&Cc=' . uri_escape_utf8(join(',', @cc));
+			push(@arg, map { "--cc=$_" } @cc);
+		}
 	}
+
+	# I'm not sure if address obfuscation and mailto: links can
+	# be made compatible; and address obfuscation is misguided,
+	# anyways.
+	return (\@arg, '') if $obfs;
 
 	# order matters, Subject is the least important header,
 	# so it is last in case it's lost/truncated in a copy+paste
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 687a0acb9367737410d5ff4aae641513fd49b629..1e2bcd53ddc350a786a908d662a3236b6891476f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ 		$info = qq(\n  List information: <a\nhref="$url">$url</a>\n);
 	}
 
 	my ($arg, $link) = PublicInbox::Reply::mailto_arg_link($ibx, $hdr);
+
+	# mailto: link only works if address obfuscation is disabled
+	if ($link) {
+		$link = <<EOF;
+* If your mail client supports setting the <b>In-Reply-To</b> header
+  via mailto: links, try the <a
+href="$link">mailto: link</a></pre>
+EOF
+	}
 	push @$arg, '/path/to/YOUR_REPLY';
 	$arg = ascii_html(join(" \\\n    ", '', @$arg));
 	<<EOF
@@ -86,10 +95,7 @@   git send-email$arg
 
   <a
 href="$se_url">$se_url</a>
-
-* If your mail client supports setting the <b>In-Reply-To</b> header
-  via mailto: links, try the <a
-href="$link">mailto: link</a></pre>
+$link
 EOF
 }
 
diff --git a/t/reply.t b/t/reply.t
index 640069cb8cc5b4e961d216dc3b22b54425489cca..719b4e47565f06d3365ae43562e3c4ffcf657e4a 100644
--- a/t/reply.t
+++ b/t/reply.t
@@ -64,4 +64,16 @@ ($arg, $link) = PublicInbox::Reply::mailto_arg_link($ibx, $hdr);
 $exp = [ '--in-reply-to=blah@example.com', '--to=new@example.com' ];
 is_deeply($arg, $exp, 'explicit address works, too');
 
+$ibx->{replyto} = ':all';
+$ibx->{obfuscate} = 1;
+($arg, $link) = PublicInbox::Reply::mailto_arg_link($ibx, $hdr);
+$exp = [
+    '--in-reply-to=blah@example.com',
+    '--to=from@example$(echo .)com',
+    '--cc=cc@example$(echo .)com',
+    '--cc=to@example$(echo .)com'
+];
+is_deeply($arg, $exp, 'address obfuscation works');
+is($link, '', 'no mailto: link given');
+
 done_testing();