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"Robert A. Earl" <[log in to unmask]>
Sun, 30 Nov 1997 10:46:26 -0500
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Well, Greg - this list appears to set 'Reply-To:' to the list
address.  It is a setting in the header.  What is your's set to in
the header?

This is in the listownr.memo:
Reply-To=        Sets a default for the "Reply-To:" field in the
                 header of list mail

and later in the same file:

**********************************************************************
* Reply-To= List | Sender | Both | <netaddress>,[ Respect | Ignore ] *
**********************************************************************

Indicates whether the "Reply-to:" tag supplied  by the sender of the
mail file is to  be preserved or discarded (if present),  and, if
discarded or omitted, what  should be placed in  the new "Reply-to:"
generated  by the server. The default value is "List,Respect".

Note that some mailing systems are  unable to process a "Reply-To:"
field with  multiple  addresses  correctly  and  may  therefore
disregard  the Reply-to= Both option and treat it as Reply-to= List.

The parameters operate as follows:

1st position:

    List:         Replies are directed to the list address.

    Sender:       Replies are directed to the original sender.

    Both:         Reply to  both  the original  sender  and to  the
                  list (see note regarding this above)

    <netaddress>  Replies are directed to the specified internet
                  address

2nd position:

    Respect:      The original "Reply-to:" tag, if any, is kept. Note
                  that this means that the Reply-To: address
                  specified in the first position is  ignored if a
                  Reply-To: tag exists in the original posting.

    Ignore:       The original  "Reply-to:" tag, if any, is  ignored
                  and discarded, and the value in the first position
                  is used instead.


On 30 Nov 97 at 9:24, Greg Grainger <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>One of my subscribers complains that when she hits 'R' to reply to
>a message, it often sends the reply to the original poster rather
>than to the list. (She uses one of the Windows-based mail programs,
>I don't know which one.) She wonders if there is any way I can
>configure the list to make sure this doesn't happen. I told her no,
>it's all in the way her mail progam is configured, but I got
>wondering. IS there some way of doing it?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Greg.
>
>--
>    Greg Grainger        [log in to unmask]
>
>     'What a world of gammon and spinach it is, though, ain't it?'
>                                         - Mr. Dick
>
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