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When running an e-mail client on a list with a weird Reply-To:, try doing a
"group reply" or "reply to all recipients". That will usually address your
reply back to the original poster *and* to the list.
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Mark makes a helpful suggestion that goes a long way in solving a problem that I
have had in replying. However, I would add one additional step for Listserv, at
least. If I just reply to the HP3000-L, the message is addressed to
owner-hp3000-l@... and that will bounce. Some time back Jeff Kell explained to
me that this is a function of my post office and not the functioning of Listserv
software. I've had to resort to forwarding replies to the list address. With
Mark's suggestion, it's now easier to reply, but I will have to remember to
delete the owner-hp3000-l@... addressee. This is much smoother.
I do not believe that I have any lists here at work (that I would be replying
to) that are Majordomo, so I cannot test this method "purely" as Mark suggests
for Majordomo. The PowerHouse list, now on Listserv is about to come to an end
at the current site, but it has been picked up by a site that will run it on
Majordomo -- so perhaps then I'll have a chance to test Marks's suggestion.
Thanks, Mark.
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Neil Harvey writes:
> When I reply to a message from, say, the PowerHouse list or the Nuclear
> Physicist's list (only joking), the reply is automatically addressed to
> the list, whereas when I reply to a message from the HP3000-L or the
> TEST-L, it is addressed to the message originator, and I have to change
> it to get it onto the list.
>
> Now there may be some setting in MS Outlook, but I can't find it :), or
> they may be a setting on the Listserv.
In majordomo, the Reply-To: behavior is configurable, and can be set to
either the posting user, or the list address.
When running an e-mail client on a list with a weird Reply-To:, try doing
a "group reply" or "reply to all recipients". That will usually address
your reply back to the original poster *and* to the list.
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