> Why does the list default to replying to sender.
An excerpt from http://www.team.net/posting.html
So, to begin with, make sure you are sending the message to the right
place, something like list-name@autox.team.net. A simple reply may not
work, depending on your mailer. The reply address may not be the list
posting address. This is done as a preventive measure. Suppose that
Ichabod Burris Kloolys gets a break from his kumquat bleaching job down
at the plant, and heads off to bake in the desert sun for a week. He
sets up a program to respond to incoming mails with a canned reply. Now,
suppose that the mail headers from the list set the reply address to the
list. List member Orville Oversteer sends a message to the list about
his new teflon lined muffler trunnions. The message gets sent to the
list. The vacation responder set up by our hero ibkloolys@kumquat.com
sends back to the list a quick note about him being out of the office.
So then the mail server at autox.team.net gets the reply, addressed to
the list, so it sends it to the list. The vacation responder that
ibkloolys@kumquat.com set up sends back to the list a quick note about
him being out of the office. The mail server at autox.team.net gets the
reply, and sends it to the list. The vacation responder that
ibkloolys@kumquat.com set up sends back to the list a quick note about
him being out of the office. The mail server at autox.team.net gets the
reply, and sends it to the list. The vacation responder .... I'm sure
that most of you get the idea by now.
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