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Can goanet-admin consider unsetting the reply-to field in messages posted to goanet?  
This is a tricky field, which can catch someone by surprise.  The user thinks s/he's 
replying only to sender, but the reply is sent to the whole group because of the 
presence of this field in the message header.  I have seen people post embarassing 
stuff, including personal details, because they thought they were replying only to 
sender, who they perhaps knew personally, but the message went to a whole group.  
Consider for example (which does not contain embarassing personal details, but I think 
was perhaps meant as a reply only to sender):

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Subject:  Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Sons-of-the-soil sentiment taking root in Goa again
Date:     Thu, 13 Mar 2003 07:45:01 -0500
From:     "Helga do Rosario Gomes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:       <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

I wish I had thought of saying that Santosh!
---Helga
<snip>

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