Re: posting replies (was "well I suppose..)

[Eric Myrvaagnes <myrvaagnes...>]

But you shouldn't have to go through all that. I agree that the mail list 
should be set up differently. Other lists that I belong to have the "Reply 
to" field set to the original sender's name. To me that makes sense. If you 
want to reply to the sender, you just choose "Reply", and it doesn't go to 
the entire list. If you want to include the list, then choose "Reply All". 
So the way this list is set up is counterintuitive (and different from 
other list I am aware of). And that is what results in the numerous 
apologies one sees for sending something to the whole list.

Can that default "Reply to" setting be changed? If it is, and the list 
members are informed of the change, it should make things easier both for 
the geeks and the computer novices.

By the way: It IS possible: another list I subscribe to is also hosted by 
Shamash.org, so it presumably uses the same maillist software as this 
list.That list works the way I described above.

Eric (who has worked professionally with computers for over forty years, 
and who still distrusts them)

At 12:53 PM 1/15/2004, you wrote:
>Steve, right click on the name of sender and scroll down to 
>"properties".  This will give you the actual email address of the 
>sender.  Add to your list.  Bake for 30 minutes. Keep warm, it's freezing 
>here in NY.
>Shirona
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:dancinsteve (at) comcast(dot)net>Steve Weintraub
>To: <mailto:jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>World music from a Jewish slant
>Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:28 AM
>Subject: posting replies (was "well I suppose..)
>
>Ari:
>
>"If you disagree, please disagree via private e-mail."
>Point well taken.  Some discussions are best carried out privately between 
>the interested parties, thus not making the rest of us execise our right 
>to use the <delete> button excessively.
>
>This brings up an issue I've noticed, and something I wonder if others 
>have difficulty with- that is when one replies to a post by hitting the 
><reply> button, at least on Outlook Express, the reply is posted to the 
>whole group, not the individual poster. If the poster has not included his 
>or her email, that leaves only the option of posting to the whole group. 
>Is there some way of finessing the system so that a reply goes only to the 
>original sender?
>
>Thanks from the not as computer literate as I'd like to be
>Steve