[Vo]:Apologize to list members, errorneous PM

[peter . heckert]

Hello,

I became aware that I repeatedly sent mails directly to list members.

This was done in error.
When Im at work I can only use a rather poor HTML online mail program.
When I hit "Reply" on a vortex message then usually the reply is automatically 
sent to the list.
In some cases it happened, that the answer was sent to the poster directly.

I dont know why this happens, might be there is an error in the reply-adress?
I will try to prevent this.

I didnt want to start private communication. If, then this would be explicitely 
expressed in my mail.
If you got a private mail from me without such a notification, it was sent in 
error, sorry.

my apologies and kind regards,

Peter

Re: [Vo]:Apologize to list members, errorneous PM

[Akira Shirakawa]

On 2011-10-06 11:59, peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote:


I dont know why this happens, might be there is an error in the reply-adress?
I will try to prevent this.


Make sure that the only e-mail address in the "To:" header is 
vortex-l@eskimo.com and that there are no headers other than that (Cc:, 
Bcc:, Reply-To:, Followup-to:, etc.), unless you specifically want so.


Cheers,
S.A.

Re: [Vo]:Apologize to list members, errorneous PM

[mixent]

In reply to  peter.heck...@arcor.de's message of Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:59:38 +0200
(CEST):
Hi,
[snip]
>Hello,
>
>I became aware that I repeatedly sent mails directly to list members.
>
>This was done in error.
>When Im at work I can only use a rather poor HTML online mail program.
>When I hit "Reply" on a vortex message then usually the reply is automatically 
>sent to the list.
>In some cases it happened, that the answer was sent to the poster directly.
>
>I dont know why this happens, might be there is an error in the reply-adress?
>I will try to prevent this.

This isn't really your fault. It's the fault of a few Vorts who insist on
filling in the "reply to" field in their email clients. When they post to the
list, eskimo leaves the reply to field alone, and when you reply to them, the
"reply to" field takes precedence over the "from" field, so your reply goes to
them directly instead of to the list. 
*Everyone* should leave the "reply to" field empty. It isn't needed for normal
emails as the "from" field is automatically used for the reply address if "reply
to" is empty. When a list server such as eskimo receives an email with an empty
"reply to" field, it places it's own address in the "reply to" (overwriting the
blank that is already there), so that when you reply to the email from the list,
it goes back to the list automatically.
[snip]
Regards,

Robin van Spaandonk

http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html