Is a reply meant to default to individual's private email addresses on this group - or is it yet another problem with gmail [or perhaps my email client setting somewhere].
james
James Freer wrote:
Is a reply meant to default to individual's private email addresses on this group - or is it yet another problem with gmail [or perhaps my email client setting somewhere].
james
On Gmail, if you use "Reply" it will default to whoever sent the email you're replying to. If you use "Reply to all", it replies to both the list address (main@lists.alug.org.uk) and whoever posted, then take whoever posted out so the reply goes to the list only.
--Simon
On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 12:29 +0000, Simon Elliott wrote:
On Gmail, if you use "Reply" it will default to whoever sent the email you're replying to. If you use "Reply to all", it replies to both the list address (main@lists.alug.org.uk) and whoever posted, then take whoever posted out so the reply goes to the list only.
Some mail clients have a reply to list function which will send the reply to the list rather than the originator of the parent message.
Essentially the list is doing the "right" thing but only a subset of mail clients seem to understand this.
Simon Elliott wrote:
James Freer wrote:
Is a reply meant to default to individual's private email addresses on this group - or is it yet another problem with gmail [or perhaps my email client setting somewhere].
james
On Gmail, if you use "Reply" it will default to whoever sent the email you're replying to. If you use "Reply to all", it replies to both the list address (main@lists.alug.org.uk) and whoever posted, then take whoever posted out so the reply goes to the list only.
--Simon
Thanks Simon - i've just done reply in the past and tried to remember to post in the alug address from my contacts list. I forgot on this occasion! I'll be dropping gmail - as i learnt with my yahoogroups it does some other things differently. Very unreliable with attached photos i've found. In fact the only thing i like in gmail is the calendar.
james
On 07-Dec-07 16:58:01, James Freer wrote:
Is a reply meant to default to individual's private email addresses on this group - or is it yet another problem with gmail [or perhaps my email client setting somewhere].
james
There is no "Reply-To:" header in the postings I receive from ALUG, so it's up to the settings on the mail agent in which you initiate the reply process.
My own, in this case, pops up a box asking me
"Reply: Include all recipients?"
and, if I answer "No", replies only to the original sender (the person who posted the message).
If I answer "Yes", then I get the option to delete any of the addresses which then show up (which, in the case of ALUG, are the original poster and the list address; so, if I just want to reply to the list, I delete the OP).
For messages where there is a "Reply-To:", I first get asked if I want to reply to that address instead of the "From:" address.
If I choose ""No" then I get the "all recipients" query.
Best wishes, Ted.
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