On Aug 24, 2006, at 7:28 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Aug 24, 2006, at 6:07 PM, NPfield at aol.com wrote: > >> Thanks, John (and Russ, who also responded). If I simply hit >> "Reply," I get a "clear" mail box with the correct address -- i.e. >> "macgroup at erdos.math.louisville, edu." But the subject line >> reads "Re: macgroup-digest V2 #1264" (or whatever), not the >> specific post I want to reply to. So I have to retype the subject >> line. Then if I select the message I want to reply to, copy and >> paste it into the mail box, it says "In a message dated [whatever] >> owner-macgroup-digest at erdos.math.louisvile.edu writes:" followed >> by the text I've copied and pasted. Obviously, I'm not replying >> generically to "owner-macgroup-digest," etc., so I have to retype >> that line with the name of whoever wrote the message I'm replying >> to. Others seem to do it with less hassle. Maybe it has to do >> with the fact that I'm on the digest. Maybe it's just something >> I'll have to live with. At least, my problem with garbled text >> seems to have disappeared. In any event, much thanks for your >> responses. > > This is because you are getting the digest rather than individual > messages. With individual messages, the sender of the message is > the individual who wrote it. The digest is one long message sent by > the majordomo robot and that's all your mail program knows. >
Resolution! I'm glad I don't mind being wrong sometimes. : ) --russ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060824/cb94dded/attachment.html
