Date : Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:45:47 +0100
From : Jon Ripley <jon@...>
Subject: Re: Reply To Address For List
Jeff Gaines wrote:
> Hello Group,
>
> Apologies if this has been done to death before but is there any
> chance that the robot that handles the list could set the reply to
> address to that of the list?
You would need to contact the owner of this mailing list to make this
request, there is nothing that the members of this list can do. Please
recall the email that you received when you first subscribed to this
mailing list which gave you the information that you need.
Welcome to bbc-micro:
"If you ever need to get in contact with the owner of the list,
(if you have trouble unsubscribing, or have questions about the
list itself) send email to <owner-bbc-micro@...> .
This is the general rule for most mailing lists when you need
to contact a human."
This issue has been discussed at length in the past on several
occasions. James Fidell, the maintainer of this mailing list has made
his position clear on this matter and for a number of very good reasons
it is unlikely that the message headers will be altered.
Please read the following article which has been referenced by the list
maintainer; this is a comprehensive article on the subject of Reply-To
munging which discusses the various aspects on both sides of the issue:
http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
The main thread from 2002 discussing this Reply-To munging:
http://nelsonit.net/~jon/BBCMicro/2002/04/29/085532.html
Reply from list maintainer:
http://nelsonit.net/~jon/BBCMicro/2002/04/29/181944.html
> I've replied to people privately 3 times now and I'm feeling
> embarrassed about it :-)
We all do it occasionally and I guess we are all used to doing it
occasionally. Most modern email clients and email processing software
can be configured to make the necessary alterations to the message
headers automatically as the messages arrive. You might like to explore
this possibility or other options..
HTH,
Jon Ripley
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http://jonripley.com/