Briefly, here could be a solution to us inadvertently posting what should
be private replies to our whole list:
Can listproc on the U. of Wash. server be set so that the "Reply to:" field
defaults to original poster and not to ClassicCmp?
For example, Majordomo software running on a server handling a different
list I am a member of is set this way. Therefore a reply will go to the
previous sender in a msg thread. If the message is to go to the whole list
then we simply type the "r-390_at_qth.net" address into either the "To:" or
"CC:" field. Works very well it seems. FYI: 'R-390' is the military
nomenclature of a high performance military surplus shortwave receiver that
is truly a "classic" as far as its owners are concerned. I would even wager
that Wm. Donzelli may have one too.
As the reasoning that the message should always go to the list, we should
just remember to specify the ClassicCmp addr. in the "To:" or "CC:" field.
If we do not see a msg we intended for the list come up in our own email
Inbox later then we know that we accidentally forgot and then have the
option of reconsidering sending it to the whole list. This will help keep
personal stuff such as discussing a deal to buy/sell something from the
rest of the world --or those flames that get thrown around which nobody
here appreciates.
I'm still waiting for M$ s/w that works well.
Whatever happened to Bill Whitson anyway?
Regards, Chris
At 13:48 10/29/98 +0000, Julian Richardson <JRichardson_at_softwright.co.uk>
wrote:
>>> oops, that was supposed to go to Sam only.
>>> ELM needs a "reply to sender" key.
>
>*sigh*. In exchange the menu option is "reply to sender" but that
>replies to the list, despite the name of the original sender appearing
>in the "from" column. One day MS will write some software that works...
>(OK, so that's completely off-topic... but it won't be so much ten years
>from now... look at it as being ahead of its time... :)
>
>cheers
>
>Jules
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt_at_netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL:
http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/
Received on Thu Oct 29 1998 - 08:41:00 GMT