Same case for Outlook Express (honors the REPLY TO header). This REPLY TO should not be an option.
It should be hard-set to [log in to unmask] What the user should have the option to do is
set the CC to their own address.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard L. Hess" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] annoying "feature" of ARSCLIST
> Hi, Tom (and all),
>
> It looks as if Roger is setting a ReplyTo header to his personal address in the message he's
> sending.
>
> If you do a Reply All to such messages, you should get the list AND the sender, but if you just
> hit reply, at least Thunderbird honours the ReplyTo header.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
> On 2011-08-08 8:28 AM, Tom Fine wrote:
>> See if that works for replying to messages posted by Roger Kulp or Joe Salerno. There are a few
>> others too, so I'm not just singling out those two. But when I reply to their postings, replies
>> go to them unless I paste ARCLIST e-mail into the TO box. This is not the case with most others,
>> including you, Shai. I think this is a user setting on the ARCLIST server, but I may be wrong. My
>> point is, this should be disabled, it shouldn't be a user option. Replies to any posting should
>> go to the list by default. Perhaps there could be a user setting where replies go to the list by
>> default and CC that user at the same time. I can see how a user might want a direct reply, and
>> have no beef with that. I just think the default reply should go to the list for sure and include
>> the user as his or her option. We other listmembers shouldn't have to wonder or care about where
>> a reply is going when the postings are in a public forum. This is a listserve, not a
>> person-to-person e-mail system.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shai Drori" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 7:36 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] annoying "feature" of ARSCLIST
>>
>>
>>> When I hit reply it goes to the list. Maybe it's a setting in your email? I use Thunderbird.
>>> Shai
>>>
>>> On 08/08/2011 13:47, Tom Fine wrote:
>>>> Why, when I hit "reply" to some posts to this list, does the e-mail get sent to that person
>>>> instead of to the ARCLIST. This is true of several individuals on this list. Is this a
>>>> "feature" allowed in one's personal settings when they sign up? Why is this allowed? It's very
>>>> annoying. What is the advantage of allowing this? Hitting reply to a list posting should reply
>>>> to the list only. The post being replied to was posted to a public list/forum, not an
>>>> individual person-to-person e-mail. The reply should be public too.
>>>>
>>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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