Sorry to throw you off here, but this will go back to the list-owner list
as a demonstration that some mail programs do not accurately read the
reply to headers.  My school is currently on an OpenVMS AXP 7.1 operating
system, and my e-mail program I am using is All-In-1.  It is further
interesting to note that all Reply-To headers get ignored by this mail
program.  All-In-1 recognises that the reply-to header exists, but it
fails to do anything with it.  Thus, be aware that just because you set
the reply-to header up, not all responses will go through the way you
anticipate.  What seems to happen at this end is that every message which
I wish to reply to will be directed to the Sender header, so since the
list-owner list sent this message to me, than any reply I make will go
back to the list-owner list.

I did not change any information from the message I recieved to have it go
back to the list owner list.  Perhaps I should address this problem to the
authors of the All-In-1 software package for OpenVMS, as it seems to have
a few other quirks too.

Glenn

>Most of our lists are set up so that using REPLY to respond to mail
>sent from the list will cause the reply to be addressed back to the
>list.  There are times when it desirable to post something to the
>list with the intent to have everyone respond to the poster rather
>than the list.  Sending out surveys comes to mind.
>
>Fortunately, most of our lists are also set to respect internet
>mail's Reply-To: header if it is present.  This means that if you
>include a Reply-To: header in your posting to the list, you can
>override the default of replying to the list itself and direct
>replies to your posting back to any address that you choose.
>
>Some mail programs can be set to generate a Reply-To header
>automatically (bad idea in my opinion), but CMS is not one of
>them, nor -- I believe -- is Exchange or Outlook.
>
>In experimenting with CMS, however, I found that I could construct
>my CMS NOTE in such a way that when the posting was distributed to
>list subscribers, their reply would be directed back to me instead
>of to the list.
>
>
>Now, all this happens because we have most of our lists set up with
>the keyword of "Reply-to= List,Respect" in the list headers.  So,
>by default replies get addressed to the list, but if their is a reply
>to header it will be respected and postings will be sent with a
>reply to header containing the address the posters specified in his
>or her reply to header when they sent the posting.
>
>Here's an example to make this all much clearer (I hope).
>Add a reply-to line to your CMS note when you are preparing it.
>Here's the note I used to test this with.
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Date: 19 September 97, 16:36:17 EDT
>From: Terry A. Moore                                 TMOORE   at CTNVM103
>To:   TEST-L-TIMKEN LISTSERV List                    TEST-L-T at INTERNET
><TEST-L-T>:[log in to unmask]
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Another Test of Reply-To
>
>Text of my note.... <snip, snip>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>This is a normal CMS note with the addition of the following line added
>just above the Subject: line...
>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>
>Note that this technique should work for any mail program that can
>generate a Reply-To: header when posting to a list that is setup to
>respect the reply to address.
>
>Terry A. Moore
>Timken LISTSERV Maintainer
>
>P.S. One final note.  I've included a reply to in this posting to the
>     LSTOWN-L-TIMKEN list, so if you reply, your reply should be
>     addressed to me.  If you want to post a reply to the list, you'll
>     need to add the list address ([log in to unmask]) to the
>     distribution of your reply.