> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rich > Alderson via cctalk > Sent: 28 February 2017 21:23 > To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: I hate the new mail system > > OK, it's official. I rarely criticize mail interfaces, because they're usually > mostly innocuous. However, today's change makes life a lot more difficult. > > In the past, it was simple to direct a reply to an individual instead of to the list > because the originator's address was right there in the From: header. As of > today, the list address is substituted for that, so that it is impossible to > respond privately unless you happen to have a bunch of old messages > archived and the person to whom you want to respond is someone who has > written previously. >
"reply all" seems to put the original sender and the list in the "to:" field.. > Is this a conscious choice, or a configurable with a different default setting in > a new mail system than was previously in place? However it came to be, it > greatly diminishes communications quality (IMAO). > I suspect its to do with SPF records where domains publish a list of servers authorised to send mails "from" a certain domain in the DNS. Leaving the sender in gets the list server black-listed and the mail will be bounced by the many servers that check SPF records. > > > > Rich Alderson > > Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer > > Living Computers: Museum + Labs > > 2245 1st Avenue S > > Seattle, WA 98134 > > > Dave > mailto:ri...@livingcomputers.org > > > > http://www.LivingComputers.org/
