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Re[2]: OT: list not setup correctly



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Tony,

We have lots of people that English is not their first language on
this list.  I'm just glad you and all of them post.  Not that I
understand everything they post about but at least the knowledge is
passed around.

Best regards,
  Jimmy Snowden
mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxx


Sunday, May 2, 2004, 1:42:40 PM, you wrote:

T> 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.

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

T> Thanks for the feedback.
T> I was told that this configuration is better for avoiding sending personal
T> replies to the list. Also something to consider....
T> Anyway I found a reasoneble solution in Forte Agent.
Reply ->> Select the 'wrong' email adress -> Ctrl+H -> Select the adress from the
T> list shown.



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