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Re: OT: list not setup correctly



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On Sun, 2 May 2004 11:28:22 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>Tony,
>
>>When I reply to a message my client (Forte Agent) picks the email adress of the
>>author of the message and not the list.
>
>Just add omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx to the CC header in your replies.  That's
>what post people seem to do.  The person to whom you're replying will
>just get two copies of the reply then.
>
>>Shouldn't the authors and list adress be swapped around on the mail that the
>>servers sends so that this problem is fixed?
>
>I don't agree that this is a "problem" to be fixed.

Problem is perhaps a to strong wording.
Due to the fact that English isn't my native language I probebly sound a bit
offensive sometimes...

>
>>Any others with this problem or just misconfiguration on my side?
>
>I think it affects everyone, based on the fact that often I will
>get two replies to something I wrote, one to me and one to the list
>because the person put the list address in the CC header.
>
>The way to fix it is for the mailing list software to insert a
> Reply-To: header in each mail.
>
>-A

Thanks for the feedback.
I was told that this configuration is better for avoiding sending personal
replies to the list. Also something to consider....
Anyway I found a reasoneble solution in Forte Agent.
Reply -> Select the 'wrong' email adress -> Ctrl+H -> Select the adress from the
list shown.