This is exactly how I have the Suse e-mail list set up but when I click reply this will go to the person asking the question, rather than the list. Hence the other solutions. 1) press "l" (that is the lowercase letter L) 2) right click the address and select -- send to
Marianne Taylor On Saturday 29 September 2001 17:55, you wrote: >Are we speaking of kmail here and how to set things up to respond to the >list? > >I think I missed the first msg of the thread and in the archives I am having >problems tracking down the appropriate initial message.... So I'm just > taking a guess as to the initial question and could be totally off the map > here. > >Currently with KMail 1.3.1 and also earlier versions I had, using a folder >per mailing list.... just select folder properties, check off "folder >contains a mailing list' and input the post address. Then replies will >always go to the list by default. (And you can easily post by right clicking >the mailing list folder) > >David Aikema > >> > >> On Tuesday 25 September 2001 15:56, Bruce Marshall wrote: >> > >> > But two good solutions for kmail came out of this: >> > >> > >> > >> > 1) If you right click on the name of the list in the email (in >> > >> Kmail) it > will give you a choice of what you want to do and who you >> > >> want to do it > to. >> > >> > >> > >> > :o) so you can choose to reply to the list. >> > >> > >> > >> > 2) Use a procmail recipe of: >> > >> > :0f >> > >> > >> > >> > * ^X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e >> > >> > >> > >> > | formail -bfi "Reply-To: SLE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" >> > >> > >> > >> > or whatever list you might want to diddle with. Works like a >> > >> charm. >> > >> >> > >> These are useful and useable answers. The bottom line for me however >> > >> was that some majority of the users of those lists will not do so, or >> > >> at least simply reply to the person, not the list. Extrapolating that >> > >> means I wouldn't get to see 'answers' to some potentially interesting >> > >> questions and hence reading the material is too frustrating. Probably >> > >> no greater example of what I mean is, the bulk of the SxS comes from >> > >> material culled from replies to this and other mailers. >> > > >> > >I agree 100% and it is a total pain. I don't know how many times I >> > > would post a response and then realize I only sent it to the >> > > individual. I then would have to retrieve the original, copy my >> > > response into another reply and then send it to the list. A total >> > > pain. _______________________________________________ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
