Re: Reply to: not working

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:33 +0100, Robert Isaac wrote:

> I cannot get the Reply to: to work for discussions. If I put "Reply to: 
> [email protected]" and send an email to the list from me, 
> it arrives OK, but if I use the 'reply' function the email address in 
> the From: field is mine, not [email protected]. What have 
> I missed out?
>
> Also, the footer does not appear on the email.

It would help to see the appropriate sections of your 
directors-list.config, but here's the probable explanation:

Are you sure you meant to say "the email address in the From: field is 
mine", or do you mean the To: field.  Reply-to doesn't affect the "From:" 
address.  E-mail sent to a Majordomo list (and most others) will always 
show the actual sender's address on the "From:" line.  The Reply-to 
address comes into play when someone replies to a list message, causing 
the e-mail client to auto-insert the Reply-to address on the "To:" line of 
the reply.  It doesn't work in all e-mail client software.

If you're sending a multipart/mime message, as most e-mail clients do by 
default these days, headers and footers configured in 
directors-list.config are non-functional.  They work only in plain text 
message.

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