--- Eudora problem (not only). - Torino, 1995-01-10
 
I just touch the problem, but from the other side (I don't know Eudora,
so no solution to the original question, sorry). On my system I have no
way of choosing where the summary information comes from, but (quite
correctly) it prefers the REPLY-TO field, which LISTSERV fills as
requested in the list headers (so, frequently, REPLY-TO=LIST,RESPECT).
 
For our list, I preferred LIST,IGNORE to force (to my eyes) a uniform
and useful grouping of received mail. And probably the same is true for
most users, since I have had no complaint since I changed it.
 
On the contrary, as a subscriber to a list where REPLY-TO=SENDER was
preferred by the majority, I found a viable solution SETting myself
DIGESTS: no personal name appear, since in this case LISTSERV is the
real sender.
 
But it seems that software different from LISTSERV may altogether omit
adding uniform SENDER and REPLY-TO fields, leaving to users no
possibility of sorting quickly personal mail from list mail (even if
Eudora, or anything else they have, allows them to choose). And this
could be a serious problem to all subscribers, not only to some of them.
 
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