[GreenKeys] Repeat request

[Chris Elmquist]

On Thursday (06/05/2008 at 07:09PM -0400), KC0NNC at aol.com wrote:
> OK Guys I figgered something out....
>  
> If you click "Reply" using AOL, your reply goes back to the gent who sent out 
> the general message and never gets through green keys...
>  
> If you click "reply all" then you get your response posted to Green Keys.  
> And the gent who you are responding to...
>  
> For the last 6 months (something changed along the way, causing this problem, 
> that I just noticed) I have been replying to topics, (very few) and I ended 
> up in direct exchange with the poster and not through green keys...   dunno 
> why, but ...

yes, the mailing list processor forwards the posting to you as if it had
been originated by the original sender, not by the list.  In other words,
the From: is set to the guy who sent it.  Additionally, it includes a Cc:
which contains the address of the mailing list.

So, if you do a regular reply, you will send back to only the originator
of the posting.  When you do Reply-All, you then also include the Cc:
which gets it to the list.

This is a really crude way of handling mailing lists unfortunately but
it is sort of the qth.net way.

Most other lists include a Reply-To: header which points to the list
and causes your MUA (email program) to send the reply there no matter
what is in the From: header.

Chris

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Chris Elmquist
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