as i said in an earlier email i'll be looking into this
and some of the other issues raised.
however i've just had a look and found that that email hasn't
got through :-(
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:58:08 +0100 Phillip Helbig <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> > The mails from the list should have a "Reply to:" header which should
> > contain the address of the list. This list, as of now, doesn't have
> > such a facility. The consequence is that while replying to a message I
> > get the option: - Reply to all recipients
> >
> > If I acceept, then the mail will be sent to the sender, and (cc)'d to
> > the list. But, say, if I want to send the mail only to the list (as any
> > mail sent to the list will obviously reach the person to whose mail
> > you're replying), then I need to manually remove the name from the To:
> > field and move the list address from the CC: field to the To: field.
> >
> > If there is a "Reply to:" header that contains the list address, then
> > I'll have the option of replying to only the list, if I so desire.
> >
> > p.s. It was a very simple thing that I'd said, but seemed to be real
> > hard to follow. You can. for instance, browse the archives of
> > turbulence mailing list <[log in to unmask]>. The messages sent
> > that arrive through the list contain a "Reply to:" header that includes
> > the mailing list address.
>
> Precisely. I rarely want to reply individually to the sender. I want
> to hit reply and send a message to the list (and not an extra copy to
> the sender). Now, I have to FORWARD the message to the list, either
> cutting and pasting what is in the To: header, or typing in F90, which
> is an alias (actually, in my case, a VMS logical name :-) ) and copying
> the subject line (OK, some mail software will pop that in automatically,
> but usually with a "(fwd)" attached, which is not what one wants.
>
> Apparently the list software for THIS LIST can be set to set things up
> the way we want. Does anyone DISagree with this desire?
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