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Tom Burke <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:47:42 -0400
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One downside of "Reply-to= List" is that if someone blithely hits the
reply buttons to send a personal reply to the sender, it will go to
the whole list.  "Reply-to= Sender" avoids this problem.  But folks
then have to "reply all" (and delete the sender's address from the
To: or Cc: field) to reply just to the whole list.  It may be worth
it if you manage to avoid a bunch of personal email traffic.  ...TB

At 11:22 PM -0500 8/20/02, Winship wrote:
>Change your list header keyword Reply-to=    to:
>* Reply-to= List
>
>This won't gurantee that all replies go only to the list, but it will make
>it more likely that those who blithely hit their "reply" buttons without
>paying any attention to where the reply actually is sent will send their
>replies only to the list. Their is no accounting for what some mail
>systems, or their users, will do.
>
>From what you say, it sounds like maybe you have either
>* Reply-to= Both
>or
>* Reply-to= Both,Ignore
>
>Douglas [log in to unmask]

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