Re: repairing the From: headers of sed-users ...

"Cameron Simpson [email protected] [sed-users]" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.editors.sed.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 07Jan2015 23:19, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> 1) If thunderbird, I double-check where the post is going.
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>> How do you ascertain this?
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> I just look at the "To:" field in the thunderbird interface. Over time, the fields have gotten filled in differently, as yahoo has changed their policies. So when I use thunderbird (or yahoo) to reply to the group, I'm careful to double-check, to make sure the post is going where I want.
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> >> 2) If yahoo groups interface, I click on double-down arrow to "expand header".
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> > Hmm. Does that show you the source author?
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> Yes and no. It gives you the option to reply to the source author. But the email address is partially hidden, so someone (probably) cannot figure out the email address. It's actually a bit confusing, with the partially hidden addresses. The yahoo groups default is (currently) to send to the group, which you already knew.

Thanks for these explainations!

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <[email protected]>
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