At 09:45 PM 6/10/2002 -0600, Day Irmiter wrote: >And yet my message comes through from the list. Is >anybody else having this experience?
Everybody, I would guess. Two thoughtless subscribers have let their e-mail accounts fall into disuse without unsubscribing. So, when you post, you get the bounce message from those two users' incoming e-mail servers. >Also, how do you handle addressing when replying to >a post on the list? At this point I'm having to put the >[EMAIL PROTECTED] address in by hand because >the default reply-to address of messages received from >the list is that of the person who posted it. (A minor >annoyance, to be sure, but it seems to me the default >reply-to address of a message received from the list >should be the list.) I did not put [EMAIL PROTECTED] in by hand on this message. I just hit Reply to All. If this list were configured on the list server in the way you suggest, then to send a private reply, you _would_ have to put the address in by hand, since every list message's header would be set up so that either Reply or Reply to All actually addressed the message to the list. What we are up against, IMO, is a poor choice in the design of e-mail software. I'm not sure in my own mind whether it is a list server design issue, or an e-mail client issue, or whether it's a sub-optimal choice of headers in the e-mail RFC. IAC, it all works this way. It's a very frustrating choice for a list administrator to have to make. I think the best we can do is to agree that the default behavior of list members should be to hit the Reply to All button. HTH. (No, actually, it doesn't help, does it? Hope it makes you feel edified.) --Erv sql,query --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
