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From: "Theresa Greene Reed" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Reply To: in Email Accounts
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:07:47 -0400
References: <32017738.1301508332196.JavaMail.root@mswamui-cedar.atl.sa.earthlink.net><4D939F13.3050008@gmail.com>

I don't understand what the problem is. I use Earthlink and Outlook
Express. I don't see any place where I can change the "Reply To." I don't
see why it is a problem because it works very well.

Theresa Greene Reed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Van Dusen" <>
To: "Rae Jean" <>; <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Reply To: in Email Accounts


> Nov 7, 2010:
> "
> OFFLIST
>
> I just noticed that my replies to you were going to you and to the
> group, rather than just to the group.
>
> So I thought I'd let you know that there's a known anomaly in the TMG
> list that works with something most of us thought we're supposed to do
> but we actually shouldn't.
>
> In our email clients, there's a place to enter a "Reply to" address. And
> of course, we dutifully fill it in. Problem is that the Internet folks
> call that field "deprecated"--"We don't do that anymore."
>
> And when a TMG list user has that filled in, some email clients will see
> the message as coming from both the list and the sender, and reply to
> both.
>
> The standard recommendation is to leave the ReplyTo field empty.
>
> Thought you might like to know.
>
> "
>
>
>
> Rae Jean wrote:
>> My ISP is Earthlink. By choice, I use Earthlink Web Mail to preview
>> messages and reply -- on both computers. Only the emails I want to retain
>> are downloaded to Thunderbird. I found I save fewer messages using this
>> method.
>>
>> In all the years I have been a member of this list, only one person has
>> ever sent me an email telling me I "have an email problem that I needed
>> to correct" or similar wording -- I deleted the message and may not be
>> quoting the exact passage -- the sender, Rick, may still have his
>> message.
>>
>> As you pointed out, I did find it annoying to receive Rick's email.
>> Rae Jean
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
>>
>>> Whatever else is said, correct or otherwise, keep in mind that some
>>> Web-based e-mail programs *enforce* a non-blank "Reply To" field. So the
>>> only effect of reminding someone who is forced to use such a program
>>> that "Reply To" is set, is to annoy them.
>>>
>>> The Web Mail client for Earthlink, my e-mail host, requires a "Reply To"
>>> value in its user options.
>>
>> Rae Jean
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This thread:

• Re: [TMG] Reply To: in Email Accounts was [ Duplication of entries-- SOLVED!] by bob gillis <>
  • Re: [TMG] Reply To: in Email Accounts was [ Duplication of entries-- SOLVED!] by Rick Van Dusen <>
    • Re: [TMG] Reply To: in Email Accounts was [ Duplication of entries-- SOLVED!] by Terry Reigel <>
    • Re: [TMG] Reply To: in Email Accounts was [ Duplication of entries-- SOLVED!] by bob gillis <>
      • Re: [TMG] Reply To: in Email Accounts was [ Duplication of entries-- SOLVED!] by Rick Van Dusen <>