Hello Peter,

Sunday, June 13, 2004, 5:28:26 PM, you wrote:

PM> Hi Charles,

PM> on Sun, 13 Jun 2004 17:12:48 +0200GMT, you wrote:

CMG>>>> What I'm looking for is a template to ease working with certain mailing
CMG>>>> lists. This type of mailing list has a Reply-To header set to the
CMG>>>> original sender of the message, not the post address for the mailing
CMG>>>> list.

PM>>> Create an address book entry for the list and insert the following
PM>>> line in the reply template:

PM>>> %TO=""%TO='"%OFROMNAME on listname" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'%-

CMG>> Wow, that was quick! However, it still replies to the original sender of
CMG>> the message. Here's the headers:

CMG>> ...headers snipped...

CMG>> The problem is three-fold:

CMG>> 1. The From line shows the original sender.

PM> So that's the one chosen when you hit "Reply", as there is no Reply-To
PM> header according to the list owner's decision. That's why you have to
PM> *hard code* the list name and address in the template.

CMG>> 3. There are two Delivered-To lines.

CMG>> Can a template be made so that TB! replies to the second Delivered-To
CMG>> line?

PM> I don't know. Hard coding the actual address is easier. I assume that
PM> the list name and address don't change too often, or do they? ;-)

They don't, but who cares and it doesn't make a difference. The problem
lies elsewhere: How does TB! know that it needs the template for the
list address if the reply doesn't go to the From field. That's why I
stated point 3.

-- 
Regards, Charles.


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