RE: quick technical note..

From: Ron Bauerle <BAUERLE_at_engr.erie.ge.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 22:18:49 -0400 (EDT)

>From: SMTP%"owner-sonic_at_sard.mv.net" 7-APR-1995 16:09:17.98

>From: Ratman <rat_at_sard.mv.net>
>Reply-To: sonic_at_sard.mv.net

>if you reply to a message posted to the mailing list, it should use the
>"reply-to:" field, which is sonic_at_sard.mv.net (soon to be lists.mv.net,
>but that's a different story). If not that address, then it should go to
>the actual sender of the message.

Unfortunately, my VAX mail system uses the first From: field above for
replies, not the Reply-To: field. So if I want to reply to a message, I
basically have to forward or send it (with my comments) as a separate
message, which forces me to re-type the subject headers in.

When the list first started up, this wasn't the case; the first header was
"sonic", not "owner-sonic", but it later changed. Any reason why it can't
be changed back for those of us with less than state-of-the art mail
programs?

Thanks,

RDB

Received on Sat Apr 08 1995 - 22:06:34 PDT