Re: {CR} Re: CR Friends: Be Careful pulling the trigger...

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme)

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:32:12 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classic-rendezvous-lightweight-vintage-bicycles@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: {CR} Re: CR Friends: Be Careful pulling the trigger...
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On 02/25/2011 07:36 AM, John Betmanis wrote:
> It may depend on the email client you use. If you reply on line in
> Google Groups, there is a "Reply to sender" button. However, my email
> client (Thunderbird) handles the [CR] and {CR} lists differently. With
> the former, the "Reply" button replied to the sender, whereas with the
> latter, it replies to the group.

The difference is that Google Groups sets the "Reply-To" header to the list address, while the old MailMan software did not set a "Reply-To" header at all.

RFC 822 states that "If there is a "From" field, but no "Reply-To" field, the reply should be sent to the address(es) indicated in the "From" field."

MailMan left the "From" field pointing to the originator of the message, not the list, therefore in the absence of "Reply-To" it defaulted to the "From" field per RFC 822.

I don't know enough about Google Groups to state whether there is a way to suppress the "Reply-To" header to restore the former behavior.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org) Appleton WI USA

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