Date:    Wed, 29 Apr 1998 09:27:00 +0000
<br>From:    Victoria Neufeldt <vneufeldt[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]M-W.COM>
<br>Subject: Re: Reply-to issue, tech notes
<br>
<br>This "reply to" issue seems to be getting more confusing all the
<br>time.  I confess that I don't yet understand a whole lot of the technical
<br>explanation in Andrea Vine's message.  But I seem to have solved the
<br>problem for myself, at least: I discovered (accidentally, like most
<br>of what I've learned about computers, I think!) that the "Special"
<br>button to the left of the Reply window allows me to specify an
<br>address other than my own for replies to a message I send.  Clicking
<br>on this button brings up "Advanced addressing and formatting" and I
<br>can enter the ADS-L address in the "Send replies to" field.
<br>
<br>So, for the message I'm writing right now, I first changed Andrea Vine's
<br>address, which originally appeared in the "To" field of the "Reply"
<br>window, to the ADS-L address.  Then when I've completed my message, I
<br>will click on the "Special" button and put the ADS-L address in the
<br>"Send replies to" field I find there, so that when my message appears in the
<br>mailboxes of List subscribers, you will all see "Reply to ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE] . ."
<br>instead of "Reply to vneufeldt . . ."  -- I sincerely hope.  Without
<br>that "Special" change, my own e-mail address seems to be
<br>automatically placed in that field.  Incidentally, I also discovered
<br>that clicking on the "Editor" button at the top to the left of the
<br>window brings me back to the "Reply" window.  NONE of these button
<br>labels, by the way, strike me as being at all obvious for the new
<br>user (except for "Send" and "Cancel"!).
<br>
<br>We have Pegasus Mail here at Merriam-Webster.  Other systems may be
<br>different.  But I hope the above helps.
<br>
<br>Victoria Neufeldt
<br>
<br>
<br>> Date:          Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:01:42 -0700
<br>> Reply-to:      Andrea Vine <Andrea.Vine[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Eng.Sun.COM>
<br>> From:          Andrea Vine <Andrea.Vine[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ENG.SUN.COM>
<br>> Subject:       Reply-to issue, tech notes
<br>> To:            ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
<br>
<br>> Ross et al, <-- who is this "Al", anyway?
<br>>
<br>> I don't think there is much that can be done about which address gets
<br>> automatically put into the "To" field when you choose "Reply"  (or a similar
<br>> command) in your email software.
<br>>
<br>> Email client software, which is the software you use to retrieve, manage, and
<br>> compose your email, varies quite a bit.  There are several variations which
<br>> could be involved in the "Reply-to" inconsistency.  It is connected to the
<br> fact
<br>> that there are several headers relating to the originating address which
<br> might
<br>> be attached to a message.  The 3 most likely are "From", "Sender", and
<br>> "Reply-To".  The standard allows for all 3 to be used, though it isn't the
<br>> preferred configuration.
<br>>
<br>> When the list repackages and forwards submitted messages, it probably is
<br>> including the full complement of generated headers, perhaps slightly altered
<br> by
<br>> adding the word "Resent-" at the beginning of the header name.  The person
<br> who
<br>> receives the repackaged message may then want to reply.  Upon clicking the
<br>> "Reply" button, the email client now has several addresses to choose from.
<br>> Since it is never certain which headers will come with a message, the client
<br>> software will probably choose the address for the "To" field based on a
<br>> hierarchy of headers.  Since the presence of these headers varies, sometimes
<br> it
<br>> will choose the list and sometimes it will choose the individual who mailed
<br> to
<br>> the list.
<br>>
<br>> All of this is mostly automated - user choice of headers is usually limited
<br> to
<br>> "From", "Reply-To", "To", "Cc", "Bcc", and "Subject" (and very occasionally,
<br>> "Sender").  Most folks don't even have a "Reply-To" header option; either
<br> their
<br>> software generates the header or it doesn't.
<br>>
<br>> So the workaround is to use human eyes to check the "To" field and verify
<br> that
<br>> this is indeed the intended recipient.  Or for some folks, "Reply to all" may
<br>> add the list in with the individual address.
<br>>
<br>> Andrea Vine
<br>> Sun Internet Mail Server i18n
<br>> avine[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]eng.sun.com
<br>>
<br>> }}Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 14:31:28 +1000
<br>> }}From: Ross Chambers <maelduin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ozemail.com.au>
<br>> }}Subject: Fwd Re A raft of... reply functions?
<br>> }}To: ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
<br>> }}Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit
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<br>> snip
<br>>
<br>> }}
<br>> }}The above was probably meant for the list-at-large, and I forward it.
<br>> }}
<br>> }}This "reply to" option is surely a protocol set up by the list server--I
<br>> }}really can't see what control I have over it. My inquiry to the (human)
<br>> }}ADS list operator re my last little [=20] suffix on each line problem
<br>> }}was ignored, perhaps someone with more patience than I would like to
<br>> }}nail this one.
<br>> }}
<br>> }}Kind regards - Ross Chambers
<br>> }}--
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<br>> }}Ross Chambers           Sydney       Australia
<br>> }}maelduin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ozemail.com.au
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