Re: reply sometimes not to the list?

[Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com>]

At 08:06 AM 10/10/2001, jim palmer wrote:
>can't you just have your server software overwrite this?

I don't have time for rewriting mailing list software.

>would that be bad form?

yes, it would in fact. The list server defers to the original poster's 
header info intentionally. If people are cluelessly setting their reply-to 
header for no reason, they are the ones causing a problem not the list.

kim


> > Normally, the list server sets the "reply-to" field to equal the list
> > address for every post that is sent out. So you press reply to a post 
> on LD
> > and it is addressed back to the list instead of the person who posted 
>it.
> > However, if the original poster has the "reply-to" field set in their 
>mail
> > program, the list server lets that override and doesn't change it to 
>the
> > list address. So you press reply to that particular person's mail and 
> it is
> > addressed back to the poster and not the list. So when you see this 
> happen,
> > it is really because the person you are replying to has their mail 
>program
> > set to add the "reply-to" header. It is rare for somebody to do this, 
>and
> > usually there is no reason for them to do it. They may not even know, 
>so
> > you might try asking that person to change the settings on their mail
> > program to not use "reply-to".
> >
> > kim
> >
> >

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