3 Mar
2005
3 Mar
'05
8:09 a.m.
On Mar 2 2005, 22:50, der Mouse wrote:
In passing, on the "whom to reply to"
thread, this message came in
with
a header
To:;
Reply-To: julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk,
"General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
I noticed this when I tried to reply and saw both addresses in the upon checking, I found that Reply-To:.
How it got that way, of course, is a different question.
Probably because Jules' mailer is inserting an unecessary "Reply-to:"
header (pointless, since it's supposed to be used only when you want
replies to go to somewhere other than the "From:"), and then mailman is
applying the principle of "least modification" and *appending* the
classiccmp address, rather than replacing the one Jules' mailer put in.
I've noticed this with posts from one or two other listmembers.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
3 Mar
3 Mar
8:49 a.m.
On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 13:09 +0000, Pete Turnbull wrote:
Probably because Jules' mailer is inserting an
unecessary "Reply-to:"
header (pointless, since it's supposed to be used only when you want
replies to go to somewhere other than the "From:")
Possibly fixed now :-) (we'll see when this hits the list...)
J.
11:41 a.m.
Probably
because Jules' mailer is inserting an unecessary
"Reply-to:" header (pointless, since it's supposed to be used only
when you want replies to go to somewhere other than the "From:")
Possibly fixed now :-) (we'll see when this hits the list...) 
1:26 p.m.
On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 12:51 -0500, Paul A. Pennington wrote:
Jules said:
I'm using Evolution (v1.5.93, Slackware 10) - there was a reply-to field
textbox under 'optional information' within the settings for my default
mail account (which is the one I use to read/post to the list).
I don't remember filling it in by hand, so I suspect that the wizard
that runs when Evolution is first started after an install did it,
copying from my 'from' address.
I just wasn't sure if simply clearing the field would screw things up
(in the sense the program would spaz and still try inserting a reply-to
field with an unknown value) but by all accounts it's worked. :-)
cheers
Jules
Possibly fixed now :-) (we'll see when this
hits the list...)
What did you change, and what email program are you using? 
1:03 p.m.
New subject: Reply-To: behavior was Re: imaging DC600A QIC tapes
On Thu, 2 Mar 2005, Pete Turnbull wrote:
To:;
I think Jay's right -- mailman may have changed, but it's not
necessarily incorrect. There are few subtleties involving
To:/Reply-To: processing but it's one of those things a lot of
MUAs make configurable. Pine's "reply-always-uses-reply-to" in
feature-list, for example.
Reply-To: julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk,
"General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
I noticed this when I tried to reply and saw both addresses in the upon checking, I found that Reply-To:.
How it got that way, of course, is a different question.
Probably because Jules' mailer is inserting an unecessary "Reply-to:"
header (pointless, since it's supposed to be used only when you want
replies to go to somewhere other than the "From:"), and then mailman is
applying the principle of "least modification" and *appending* the
classiccmp address, rather than replacing the one Jules' mailer put in.
I've noticed this with posts from one or two other listmembers.
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