Reply To vs Send Email Address. Must they be the same?

Hi

Does it matter if the reply to and the send from address are different for deliverability?
Yes, it does.
RFC does not require receiving servers to respect any Reply-To, and they can choose to reply to any of these: From, Reply-To, Return-Path, or even the List-Unsubscribe-Email or Postmaster or Abuse, the latter three especially if any of the standard header email addresses is spoofed/wrong. This also why PhpMailer is actually compliant, while SwiftMailer (much slower by 2.6x) only looks compliant.
Ideally you have From, Reply-To, Return-Path one and the same, so the receiving server "has no doubt" (spam probability) and your chance of inboxing is higher.
 
Ideally you have From, Reply-To, Return-Path one and the same, so the receiving server "has no doubt" (spam probability) and your chance of inboxing is higher.

Thanks. I'll keep them the same then!
 
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