[users] Re: Thunderbird reply acting odd?

RpmForge4Bill RpmForge4Bill at triad.rr.com
Mon Dec 24 17:36:10 CET 2007


Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
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> RpmForge4Bill wrote:
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>> RpmForge4Bill wrote:
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>>> Using version 1.5.0.12 (20071020) of Thunderbird, when I start a reply
>>> to  a message, it fills the initial "To:" using the "From" header of
>>> the original poster rather than "Sender" or "Reply-to". This last
>>> seems understandable as no "Reply-to" is seen in the headers.
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>> Ah! Not all mail is so affected. The e-mails of Dag, Yuri, NIlls,
>> Kenneth, Michael and myself are so affected.
>>
>> Hugo's has the "Reply-to".
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> Because I set the reply-to explicitly. Nothing magical about it. Just a
> hatred against duplicate messages.
>   

Thanks for the info. I was afraid it was me because I've used, but not 
learned about, this stuff for a long time.

> I am looking into a rewrite rule set for procmail. I allready sort the
> mailinglist traffic with:
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> # RPM Forge Mailinglists
> :0:
> * ^X-BeenThere: users at lists.rpmforge.net.*
> Maildir/.RPMFORGE-USERS/
>
>
> I need to add something to set the Reply-To: back to the list as well.
> Have not yet written a good recipy.
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I see. For now I'll also set the "Reply-to".

> Hugo.
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Thanks,
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Bill


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