Re: Replying to list (was Re: Spam Sent From WebMail)

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 




> -----Original Message-----
> From: squirrelmail-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:squirrelmail-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> David Guntner
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 1:45 PM
> To: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Replying to list (was Re: Spam Sent From WebMail)
> 
> Bill Landry grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> >
> > Freddie Cash wrote:
> > > On September 6, 2007 06:45 am John Hinton wrote:


> > >
> > > Configure your e-mail program correctly.  :)  Works fine in
> > > KMail/Kontact, Thunderbird 2.0, and Squirrelmail 1.5.1.
> > >
> >
> > Not so.  I run Thunderbird 2.0.0.6, and a simple "reply" goes to the
> > poster's e-mail address, not back to the list.
> 
> Check your settings, then.  I use Claws, and hitting "reply" goes back
> to the mailing list just fine.
> 
> Although, upon inspecting the message headers, I sure don't *see* a
> Reply-To: header in there (maybe I'm just missing it?).  So now I'm
not
> sure *why* my hitting reply goes back to the list address.... :-)

I'd have to say that while the behavior of those mailers is convenient,
it's non-standard. Since there's no explicit Reply-To header, the proper
behavior would be to reply to the envelope from address, which is the
original sender in this case. I'd guess that these other mailers are
looking at the less universal X-BeenThere or List-Post headers, if
present, to make an educated guess about a 'better' reply address.

--
Marc

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc.
Still grepping through log files to find problems?  Stop.
Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser.
Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >>  http://get.splunk.com/
--
squirrelmail-users mailing list
Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines
List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user
List Archives:  http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995
List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users

[Index of Archives]     [Video For Linux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [gtk]     [KDE]     [Cyrus SASL]     [Gimp on Windows]     [Steve's Art]     [Webcams]

  Powered by Linux