Maybe his mail client is "sofisticated" enough to see that both emails are the same ;-)
Ian Bruseker a �crit: > You aren't getting two replies? Odd. Cause when I hit reply, there are > indeed two email addresses that the email (even this one that I type right > now) go to - the CLUG talk list address, and your calpc address. If you > aren't actually getting two copies of this email, then you either don't > actually read all your email, or have some filter magic going on. :-) > > Ian > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: David J. Bourassa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 8:16 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: (clug-talk) some quick notes >> >> >>Just to correct you, Ian. I'm not getting two replies, like Aaron. >>Just the one, thank you very much. My reply-to address is different >>than my proper email address because I use an alias for my everyday >>email address. That way, if I ever change ISP's, I only have to change >>the alias' redirection. >> >>As to Aarons' situation, I'm probably off the mark there, as I was only >>thinking aloud that you might have been hitting the reply to all button >>instead of the normal "reply" button. My apologies, mea culpa, etc. >> >>Ian Bruseker wrote: >> >>>Absolutely positive. I do know how to work a mouse. ;-) >>> >>>Huh, well, I was mistaken about one thing. Aaron isn't the >> >>only one on the >> >>>list who gets two replies - you do too. >>> >>>Let me hypothesize: Both of you have explicitly set Reply To in >> >>your email >> >>>program settings. Am I correct? Check the email headers. All >> >>the answers >> >>>are there. There are 2 Reply-To entries in the headers of each >> >>email you >> >>>guys send out, one generated by your MUA, one generated by the >> >>mailing list >> >>>software. Reply-to is only really intended for use when you >> >>send from one >> >>>email address, but expect the reply to go to a different address. Since >>>both of you seem to send and receive from the same address, you don't >>>actually need to set that. Furthermore, the CLUG mailing list software >>>(more specifically, the list admin, whoever you are, has set it >> >>up this way) >> >>>does the extra magic of adding a reply-to entry for the list as >> >>the email >> >>>passes through (this is known as "Reply-to Munging", see link below), to >>>make sure conversations stay on the list, where one expects >> >>them to be. It >> >>>does not, however, remove any existing reply-to entries, as a >> >>courtesy to >> >>>the sender, to respect their settings. Since you guys have >> >>explicitly set >> >>>it, there are two reply-to's, so Outlook is putting both those >> >>address in >> >>>the To: line of any reply. That doesn't seem to be what you want, so I >>>suggest you unset Reply-to, since you don't actually need it to be set. >>> >>>(Don't blame Outlook, by the way, it's only doing its job - two reply-to >>>headers, two To: addresses. If you want to blame the user for not >>>explicitly deleting your personal email address from every >> >>reply they want >> >>>to send to the list, go ahead, but they shouldn't have to do it >> >>in the first >> >>>place.) >>> >>>Note that if the mailing list software did not set reply-to, >> >>and since you >> >>>guys explicitly do set reply-to, then every reply to you would >> >>instantly go >> >>>off-list. >>> >>>For the definitive argument for why reply-to munging is a bad >> >>thing, read >> >>>http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html But if you >> >>agree with the >> >>>positions stated in that document, take it up with the list >> >>admin, not with >> >>>the list users. >>> >>>Personally, I don't care which way it's set. Sometimes I take >> >>the time to >> >>>delete the extra addresses, sometimes I don't, but if you get >> >>two replies >> >>>from me, you have no one to blame but yourself and the list admin. ;-) >>> >>>Ian >>> >>> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: David J. Bourassa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>>Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:00 PM >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>Subject: Re: (clug-talk) some quick notes >>>> >>>> >>>>I don't know Ian. Are you sure you're not hitting the "Reply to All >>>>button" ? Mine doesn't work that way (Mozilla). >>>> >>>>Ian Bruseker wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Aaron, >>>>> >>>>>Take a look at the "To:" line. Notice it has both the clug >>>>>email and your >>>>>email address? I hit "Reply", and that's what I got as reply to email >>>>>addresses. No other person on this list has that issue. I think the >>>>>problem is at your end. Check your email program settings, >>>> >>the issue is >> >>>>>probably there. >>>>> >>>>>Ian >>>> >>>>-- >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Dave Bourassa at >>>> http://members.shaw.ca/djb.enterprises/ >>>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Dave Bourassa at >> http://members.shaw.ca/djb.enterprises/ >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >
