On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rich > > Alderson via cctalk > > Sent: 28 February 2017 21:23 > > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: I hate the new mail system > > > > OK, it's official. I rarely criticize mail interfaces, because they're > usually > > mostly innocuous. However, today's change makes life a lot more > difficult. > > > > In the past, it was simple to direct a reply to an individual instead of > to the list > > because the originator's address was right there in the From: header. As > of > > today, the list address is substituted for that, so that it is impossible > to > > respond privately unless you happen to have a bunch of old messages > > archived and the person to whom you want to respond is someone who has > > written previously. > > > > "reply all" seems to put the original sender and the list in the "to:" > field.. > At least in Gmail's web interface, I don't see reply and reply all having any difference here; they both put both addresses in the To:. I'll have to check how this works in an IMAP client later. But I for one welcome our new non-bounce-happy email system! :D > > > Is this a conscious choice, or a configurable with a different default > setting in > > a new mail system than was previously in place? However it came to be, > it > > greatly diminishes communications quality (IMAO). > > > > I suspect its to do with SPF records where domains publish a list of > servers > authorised to send mails "from" a certain domain in the DNS. > Leaving the sender in gets the list server black-listed and the mail will > be > bounced by the many servers that check SPF records. -- Eric Christopherson
