Re: Small query on distribution lists

2010-08-01 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 09:29 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I've seen people put their own address in the To: field. I've also > seen fake addresses there (e.g. a...@) but that might be blocked > by the ISP of course. I've done that before, but it confuses the less technically savvy recipi

Re: Small query on distribution lists

2010-08-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 15:20 +0930, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> Write it to the list address, & CC or BCC it to the list of > >> addresses? > > Bruno Wolff III: > > A cute trick is to use an empty list for the To header and bcc the > > recipients. > > That doesn't always work, though it really should.

Re: Small query on distribution lists

2010-08-01 Thread Tim
Tim: >> Write it to the list address, & CC or BCC it to the list of >> addresses? Bruno Wolff III: > A cute trick is to use an empty list for the To header and bcc the > recipients. That doesn't always work, though it really should. I have seen some mail servers that refuse mail without a valid

Re: Small query on distribution lists

2010-07-31 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 15:25:26 +0930, Tim wrote: > Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> I've recently set up a couple of distribution lists using > >> KMail/KAddressBook. This works quite well; but I wondered if there is any > >> way of making the To line give the name of the list rather than the people

Re: Small query on distribution lists

2010-07-23 Thread g
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I suspect you're replying to this on the wrong list thank you. my bad. will correct. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. ** to mess up a linux box, yo

Re: Small query on distribution lists

2010-07-23 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
I suspect you're replying to this on the wrong list (Tim sent an identical message to the Fedora-KDE list but not AFAIK to this one). Better check your mail settings. poc PS I just read another reply from you on this list to a message that hasn't reached the list, Subject "VERY IMPORTANT". Perhap

Re: Small query on distribution lists

2010-07-22 Thread Tim
Timothy Murphy wrote: >> I've recently set up a couple of distribution lists using >> KMail/KAddressBook. This works quite well; but I wondered if there is any >> way of making the To line give the name of the list rather than the people >> on the list, as for example Mailman does? Write it to the

Re: Small query on distribution lists

2010-07-22 Thread g
Timothy Murphy wrote: > I've recently set up a couple of distribution lists using > KMail/KAddressBook. This works quite well; but I wondered if there is any > way of making the To line give the name of the list rather than the people > on the list, as for example Mailman does? how what appears in