reply to author VS. reply to list on this list.

[Joseph C. Lininger]

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Hello,
The difference in where the reply goes has to do with a couple of
factors. The first is the "Reply To:" header of the message. The
software that distributes your message to all list members (Mailman in
this list's case) will handle this differently. Some will rewrite the
"Reply To:" header so that it points to the list, whereas others will
rewrite it to point to the sender of the message, whereas others will do
nothing at all.

The second factor is your email client. Most will just automatically use
the "Reply To:" header as it appears. However, many are configurable
where this behavior is concerned. For example, pine allows you to use
either the "Reply To:" or the "From:" header when replying to a message.

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It's not one damn thing after another, it's the same damn thing over and
over. (History repeats itself)
Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm at pcdesk.net
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And so it came to pass that on Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Sean McMahon said

> Perhaps this is a windows specific problem, but when I reply to this
list,
> replies go to the list whereas on some lists, reply goes to the author
and reply
> to all goes to the list.  What makes one list differ in behavior from
another in
> the reply format?  Do those of you who primarily post email to this
list from a
> linux based mailer  encounter this situation when replying?
>
>
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