Hi all,

To answer my own question below, the only way we've found to do this
so far is to ask that all postings go to an e-mail account that has a
procmail filter that creates/overwrites the original user's
"reply-to" line.  This account then forwards to the
list-L@listservdomain address.

I'd still love a way to alter the reply-to for the users who either
send directly to list-L@listservdomain or use the listserv web page
for submitting messages.

However since I got zero responses, I'd guess no one else is doing this.
                                AB


At 10:56 AM -0600 1/2/03, Allan Berger wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I own a fairly large list which currently averages about 10 messages
>per day with "reply-to= sender" settings.  My guess is that a typical
>message generates about 6 private replies.  The list etiquette is
>that the original sender should summarize those private responses and
>post them back to the list so everyone can learn the answer..
>
>Of course, not every sender is conscientious enough to summarize
>(only 1/3 to 1/2 do).  Also, not every sender writes an accurate,
>understandable summary.
>
>A little over half of the list users will be unable to handle 10
>messages per day * 6 replies per message = 60 messages per day, and
>thus the list users voted to maintain the "reply-to= sender" and
>summary system.  However, a sizeable minority on the list would like
>to see all replies, and this leads to my question.
>
>My question:
>
>Is it possible to set the "reply-to" on a list so that it defaults to
>two addresses:  one would go to the sender, and the other would go to
>a different, secondary e-mail list?  People interested in seeing all
>the replies can subscribe to the secondary e-mail list.  Also, the
>archives of the secondary list would be much more rich than the main
>list (the main list receiving more questions than summaries)?
>
>I'm open to other solutions that would allow a subset of list
>subscribers to view responses while allowing all users to view the
>primary content.  [I don't even know if all e-mail clients will
>support multiple addresses on a reply-to line.]
>
>Thanks for any ideas!
>
>-Allan
>
>----
>Allan Berger, DVM, PhD  [log in to unmask]
>VETPLUS & VETPROF co-adminstrator
>Iowa City, IA  http://www.vetprof.com   http://www.BrEBT.com