Ok well this is another difference between a proper mailing list, and what you get with a mail server. We use Merak, and I believe that is configurable as to what appears in the to and from fields. But in most cases I guess they would be classed as a distribution list, you just get a few extra options on some products.
-----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 July 2006 03:50 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: cfcdev, cflib, my blog, etc 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:247581 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
