On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:54:41 -0400 Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Oct 18, 2007, at 14:20, Chris wrote: > > > What is actually wrong with having the Reply To: as the list, after > > all, that is where the message came from. > > Messages are delivered by the list, but they come from a person. So, > people expect replies to go to the person. This expectation can lead > to really embarrassing situations when people expect to send a > private reply. I've been running listservs for over 15 years and we've had many discussions on whether to set the reply-to to the list or to the message poster. In most cases, it is considered a better practice not to set the reply-to to the list. One reason is that you don't want private replies to go back to the list. If the intent is to reply to the list, then change the address. I have my email client set up that if I reply from a listserv folder, such as gnhlug, it will insert gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org into the to: header. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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