On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 05:00:28AM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> > As an experiment I am changing the list setup for the main
> > Austin Group discussion list to set the Reply-To: line back
> > to the list itself. This may or may not help with directing
> > replies to postings.
> >
> > If problems result I will reset it back.
>
> Problem: this would have gone to you, but now it is
> very awkward to send a private reply. To do so would
> involve cut-and-paste or typing in your address by hand.
>
> As for you getting two copies of something, some would
> call it good manners to send you a copy. This avoids
> any list lag and ensures that you will get a copy even
> if you read the list via some unreliable mechanism,
> such as a local newsgroup. I think procmail has a way
> to kill duplicates.
I agree here with Albert, setting "Reply-To:" is a nuisance,
and it should rather be dealt with using the right reply functions
of the mailer.
Kind regards
Keld
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