Right, but this is not a problem anymore because the mail server does
not resend a message unless the footer is edited.
~Paul
On Dec 1, 2005, at 1:44 AM, Mark J. Bradakis wrote:
>
> > 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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