[SlugBug] List settings (was: Suggestions)

Neil McGovern maulkin at halon.org.uk
Wed Jul 16 17:46:25 BST 2003


On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 04:26:00PM +0100, Mr. Adam ALLEN wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 15:57, Bruno Postle wrote:
> > On Wed 16-Jul-2003 at 01:13:14AM +0100, Bruno Postle wrote:
> > > 
> > > Tomorrow (or later today, must go to bed), I'll put together a
> > > description of the policy as it's currently configured on the
> > > server.
> > 
> > Here's a quick rundown of the current setup of the mailing list,
> > probably there are some mailman settings that people want to change.
> > 
> > Things that mailman does that can be changed:
> > 
> > *  There's no Reply-To: header pointing to the list.
> > 
> 
> That explains why my message never appeared on the list- but instead
> went straight to Jonathan. I'd prefer this to go straight to the list-
> otherwise you get plonkers like me sending mail off-list all the time!
> 

Snipped from anotehr convseration:
> > Is it possible to set the list up so when I hit reply it
> > gets sent back to the list and not to the person who wrote it?
> 
> It's possible, it's just a setting in the mailman admin interface.
> 
> The classic answer to this question is here:
> 
>     http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
> 
> It doesn't affect me, I just hit L to go to the list and r to go to
> the poster (regardless of any reply-to header) - It can be a problem
> though with other mailers.
> 
> I bet there is a "list reply" button in evolution.

HTH,

Neil
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