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Fri, 23 Feb 2001 09:15:44 -0500
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On: Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:26:08PM +0000,Peter K Robinson Wrote:

} For some time now I've run a list with the term....
}
} Reply-To= List,Ignore
}
} ....in the List header.  In an effort to reduce the number of annoying "yes please" and "me to" e-mails I recently set the o[ption to
}
} Reply-To= Sender,Ignore
}
} I am however now getting subscribers sending mwe the following e-mails
}
} "I also find if  I Reply to Author or if I Reply to All using the tool bar
} (Outlook Express) both go to the List. To reply individually I have
} to find the address from the message itself."
}
} ...and...
}
} "Yes there is a problem with the reply to sender.  I have discovered it
} depends on who you are returning it to,.. for some people it works, ...and
} others it goes straight to the List "
}
} Is there anything I can do about this, or are these problems most likely due to e-mail systems "non-standardisation"

I suspect thats it exactly.  M$ is one of the worst offenders here.  "At
Micro$oft, we don't follow standards,  we set them".
(This used to be said of IBM.)

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