In the versions 3.6.16 and 3.7.0RC, the variable $reply_to is set in lib.php function sendMailPhpMailer(...), but never used.
Please consider adding
if (USE_REPLY_TO) {
$mail->addReplyTo($reply_to);
}
before the call of $mail->compatSend(...)
I found this while digging with DMARC issues and hope, I could help a little bit.
Thank you for your work on phpList!
Best regards,
Patrick Mautry