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From: "Steve Hayes" <>
Subject: Re: [[ZA] Replies to the list]
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 07:57:04 +0200
In-Reply-To: <747HgFDGZ6288S07.1057462345@uwdvg007.cms.usa.net>


On 5 Jul 2003 at 23:32, Keith Meintjes wrote:

> Steve,
>
> As I understand it, when you send a message there are two fields: "From" and
> "Reply To". This goes to Rootsweb, which forwards the message to the list.
>
> There are two behaviours I have observed when replying to a message on the
> list:
>
> "Reply" sends a message to
> a) The list, or
> b) The original sender.
>
> "Reply All" sends a message to
> a) The list, twice, or
> b) The original sender and the list.
>
> Most messages are in group a). Steve Hayes is in group b).
>
> I have no idea how you would change your personal e-mail settings to elicit
> one or other of the behaviours.
>
> By the way, I think "Reply" should go to the list, "Reply All" should go to
> the list and to the original sender. Never happens.

The list should be set up in such a way that the original sender is the the
From field, and the list itself in the Reply to field.

That way, a reply should automatically go to the list, unless you specify
otherwise in your reader.

When I click on the reply button, I get a window with the "Reply-to" field
ticked. I can change that to the "To" field, the "From" field or the "CC"
field or all of them. I can also choose "All recipients"

Sometimes, however, the behaviour of the list seems to change, and it does
not seem to put the list itself in the reply-to field.

--
Steve Hayes
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