lib/PublicInbox/Reply.pm | 9 ++++++---
 lib/PublicInbox/View.pm  | 9 +++++----

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Reply.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Reply.pm
index 0cd36fdad542ee53e2cd9d95b3ef60bedc9d74e9..07288aab3c4fd21f34df3f28cb416144242cecb3 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Reply.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Reply.pm
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 sub mailto_arg_link {
 	my ($ibx, $hdr) = @_;
 	my $cc = {}; # everyone else
-	my $to; # this is the From address by default
+	my $to; # this is the From address by defaultq
+	my $reply_to_all = 'reply-to-all'; # the only good default :P
 
 	foreach my $rt (split(/\s*,\s*/, $ibx->{replyto} || ':all')) {
 		if ($rt eq ':all') {
@@ -43,8 +44,10 @@ 				my @addrs = PublicInbox::Address::emails($v);
 				add_addrs(\$to, $cc, @addrs);
 			}
 		} elsif ($rt eq ':list') {
+			$reply_to_all = 'reply-to-list';
 			add_addrs(\$to, $cc, $ibx->{-primary_address});
 		} elsif ($rt =~ /\A(?:$reply_headers)\z/io) {
+			# ugh, this is weird...
 			my $v = $hdr->header($rt);
 			if (defined($v) && ($v ne '')) {
 				my @addrs = PublicInbox::Address::emails($v);
@@ -91,13 +94,13 @@
 	# I'm not sure if address obfuscation and mailto: links can
 	# be made compatible; and address obfuscation is misguided,
 	# anyways.
-	return (\@arg, '') if $obfs;
+	return (\@arg, '', $reply_to_all) if $obfs;
 
 	# order matters, Subject is the least important header,
 	# so it is last in case it's lost/truncated in a copy+paste
 	my $href = "mailto:$to?In-Reply-To=$irt${cc}&Subject=$subj";
 
-	(\@arg, ascii_html($href));
+	(\@arg, ascii_html($href), $reply_to_all);
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 81e83d97738256511a530bc4093bfd2793267eb8..70e38a6e567957145e530e34c7542d9e0fb8846f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ 		$url = PublicInbox::Hval::prurl($ctx->{env}, $url);
 		$info = qq(\n  List information: <a\nhref="$url">$url</a>\n);
 	}
 
-	my ($arg, $link) = PublicInbox::Reply::mailto_arg_link($ibx, $hdr);
+	my ($arg, $link, $reply_to_all) =
+			PublicInbox::Reply::mailto_arg_link($ibx, $hdr);
 
 	# mailto: link only works if address obfuscation is disabled
 	if ($link) {
@@ -83,15 +84,15 @@ href=#t>this message</a> via plain-text email
 using any one of the following methods:
 
 * Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
-  and reply-to-all from there: <a
+  and $reply_to_all from there: <a
 href=raw>mbox</a>
 
   Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
   <a
 href="$p_url">$p_url</a>
 $info
-* Reply to all the recipients using the <b>--to</b>, <b>--cc</b>,
-  and <b>--in-reply-to</b> switches of git-send-email(1):
+* Reply using the <b>--to</b>, <b>--cc</b>, and <b>--in-reply-to</b>
+  switches of git-send-email(1):
 
   git send-email$arg