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From: "Carol Sterling" <>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [LO] Reply to whom?
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:15:53 -0500
References: <3C9A76A9.81D0B034@zimres.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20020321200937.056d8008@tqsi.com>


John,
It's not the setting of *this* list that's confusing. This list
does not have the option set for replies to default back to the list...
Valorie stated this earlier.

On MY list... the option IS set to default back to the list. (At least it's
*supposed* to). Here's the problem... I send out an e-mail to my list. I
have not one but two subbers who reply... those two replies come back to ME
with out hitting the list at all.
I have a few others that will reply and they DO go back to the list, the way
they are supposed to. I reply to my own posting and the list address comes
up in the "To" field before I even type my message. That's what it is
supposed to do. SO, why when going to reply it works for some and not other
subbers? Do we blame smartlist for not being smart enough to figure that
out OR is it really the e-mail program the replies are coming from.

IF I didn't have the option set for the replies to go back to the list, I
wouldn't be having this type of problem and we wouldn't be discussing it.
<G>

Carol S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John B. Lisle" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: [LO] Reply to whom?


> Bob,
>
> Please see below...
>
> john.
>
> At 06:36 PM 3/21/2002 -0600, Robert W Fay wrote:
> >On 21 Mar 2002 at 16:11, Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
> > > Every listowner has the choice of setting default reply to the list,
> > > or leaving the default to the sender. Megan/Piglet, the listowner of
> > > THIS list, has allowed the default to sender to stay, as do most
> > > listowners of large, busy lists.
> >
> >And that is why no separate Reply To is seen in the headers for posters
> >*to this list* that
> >don't have it set in their email program.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, most subscribers have the option, in their own
> > > email programs, to set a Reply To.
> >
> >Right. It's not a question of the brand of email program used. Its the
> >reply to sender setting
> >for this list that is creating the confusion.
>
> I do not believe this is true. For example, if Eudora has this
capability,
> I have never found it. I think we should be pleased that most programs do
> not have the capability and/or that most users do not set it up. That way
> the list manager's setup is respected.
>
>
> >Bob Fay
> >
> >
> >==============================
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>
>
>
> ==============================
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>
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