Typically those lists that have From: User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> have Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], like CF-Talk (shows from You, Reply To CF-Talk, and To: CF-Talk).
On 7/24/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Snake...there is a difference between a mailing list and a distribution > list, apparently. > > On the forum for hmailserver, a user asked why an email received through > hmailserver's > distribution list was showing the sender's email address, and why, when > the > email was > responded to, it went only back to the person who sent the message, rather > than to everyone. > > Martin, a developer for hmailserver, said that's the way it's supposed to > work because it's > a "distribution list" rather than a "mailing list"... > > The MySQL list works that way too, apparently, because mail I get from > there > always has > the sender's address in the "From" field, rather than the mailing list > address like CF-Talk. > > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Snake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 12:19 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: cfcdev, cflib, my blog, etc > > I dunno, maybe the fact that they have different names has confused her. > Not every mail server calls it the same thing. > > Some call it mailing list, some call it distribution list, some call it > MRA > (Multi receipient Addresses). > But they all do the same thing. You create a List address, and a list of > recipients, and any mail sent to the list address gets forwarded to all > recipients. > > If you want a PROPER mailing list management system, then you want to look > > at some like MAILMAN. The ones that come with mail servers are usually > quite > basic. > > Snake > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Sent: 24 July 2006 16:41 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: cfcdev, cflib, my blog, etc > > You're so witty, Snake! > > Anyway...what, then, is the nature of Jenny's concern with a "Mail list" > vs > "Distribution List"? > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Snake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 11:27 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: cfcdev, cflib, my blog, etc > > http://www.hmailserver.com/documentation/?page=reference_distributionlist > > If it Looks like a list, sounds like a list. Must be a list. > > -- > Snake > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 July 2006 16:03 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: cfcdev, cflib, my blog, etc > > So what you're saying, Jenny, is that hMailServer doesn't support mailing > lists like CF-Talk? > > I've been considering starting some lists like this one and was interested > in hMailServer until your comment about it not supporting mailing lists... > > > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jenny Gavin-Wear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 5:28 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: cfcdev, cflib, my blog, etc > > Just started using it here .. the one thing I wish it had was Maillist > support and not the Distribution list included. > > Also works with Helm control panel :-) > > Really easy to install and admin. > > Jenny > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hugo Ahlenius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 July 2006 09:12 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: cfcdev, cflib, my blog, etc > > > | HMailServer, free, open, windows... > | > | www.hmailserver.com > | > | Using it in production now for two years, no complaints yet. > | Serving about a 100 domains. > > I'll echo that, I use it small-scale for my private needs, works very > well. > > /Hugo > ###########################################This message has been scanned > by > F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange.Formore information, connect to > http://www.F-Secure.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247577 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
