Rick Bragg schreef: > Dr.Ruud: >> Rick Bragg: >>> Is there a reason why the reply-to on this mailing list is set to go >>> back to the poster and not back to the list? I think its best for a >>> list like this to keep all the messages on the list, so when I >>> reply, I need to manually put in the beginners@perl.org address in >>> the To: field... >> >> Many mail clients have a "Reply to list" function. In Evolution that >> is Ctrl-L, if I remember correctly. >> >> I prefer the usenet interface. news://nntp.perl.org/perl.beginners > > That's great to know. I still think that it would be best if the list > is set up to automatically reply to the list by default though.
The list is set up as it is. No doubt there is a configuration option in the list management to make it behave more like you prefer, but that involves messing with the header fields, like: inserting a Reply-To, but after copying any existing value of a Reply-To into the new From (but only of the e-mail address part and not the comment part, the comment part should survive; and probably only of the first address because there could be more), and after renaming the existing From to X-Original-From, etc., etc. Many things can go wrong there, also because it is on purpose not all strictly defined, so why want it? Further, you can probably set up your mail client to override the reply to be reply-to-list (for any single mailbox, or even for all list related mailboxes). Subscribers that don't want to receive direct reactions, can show that by putting the list address in the Reply-To. Against munging: http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html In favor: http://www.metasystema.net/essays/reply-to.mhtml -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
