[ale] a request for list change

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Wed Feb 26 11:56:25 EST 2003


As it does in mozilla as well.  That's not a problem.

cfowler wrote:
> In Evolution, all email from ale shows ale at ale.org as the reply-to
> address
> 
> On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 11:41, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
>>
>>>On Wednesday 26 February 2003 11:03 am, Geoffrey wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I personally liked the way it was configured before, at least then I
>>>>could select reply to all, and the cut out the email addresses I didn't
>>>>want it to go to.  As it is now, I can not respond to an individual
>>>>without manually entering the address...
>>>
>>>
>>>That sounds like your mailer.  Note that I replied to all and your address 
>>>is in the To field.
>>
>>As I noted before in the previous discussion, then your mailer is 
>>broken.  The purpose of the reply-to is to replace the To:, so any 
>>request to respond to the email to the original poster should go to the 
>>reply-to:, never to the To:
>>
>>Point is, the idea is that someone is sending email from one email 
>>address expecting any replies to go to another.  By a mailer sending the 
>>email to the To: , even if it sends it to the reply-to as well, it's not 
>>doing what the poster expected, or, what the rfc defines...
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
>>
>>The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
>>Think about it...
>>
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-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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