On Wed, 1 Apr 1992 09:47:43 EST, Roger Campbell
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>On Tue, 31 Mar 1992 17:54:27 ECT Martin Raish said:
>>One of my readers has asked a good question.  I =THINK= the answer
>>is that I cannot change the header without affecting the entire list.
>>But could I change it, post the item, then change it back again?
>>Would that make replies to that single item be differently directed?
>>I read LISTKEYW MEMO but am still not sure what would happen.  And it
>>seems like a lot of work.  (And I would only goof it up anyway...)
>>Thanks.
>>
>>-- Martin
>====================================================================
>Martin,
>    The answer is in the -Mailer- one uses, not in the Listserv !  The
>Mail program used here (RiceMail), has an option for the 'Reply'
>subcommand, ( Reply From ), which gets the address from the 'FROM' line
>of the original posting, not the 'Reply To' line.  Thus nothing needs to
>be done to the List Header.  I reply back to original posters all the time.
 
     This answer works fine for subscribers using RiceMail or other
flexible mail programs.  But it doesn't solve the problem for people
on Martin's list who DON'T use such mail programs (e.g., the mailer on
my VAX/VMS system will ONLY set up an automatic reply to the FROM
line).  A better solution, if Martin has access to RiceMail, is for
him to post the message and add a REPLY-TO line with his address (or
another subscriber's, if responses should go to that subscriber).
This can easily be done in RiceMail simply by typing "Replyto" and the
address at the command arrow.  I do this (by sending the message from
an IBM account that uses RiceMail) whenever I want to increase the
possibility that my subscribers will reply to me privately.  Even my
semi-brain-dead VAX/VMS mailer will respect Reply-To lines.
 
	Joan Korenman, WMST-L Listowner   KORENMAN@UMBC
	Univ. of MD. Baltimore County     [log in to unmask]
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