So , did I , Deri.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Barber, Kenneth L. <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 5:11 AM
Subject: Re: Doo-doo dilemma and a suggestion for list adminstrators


> deri, i volunteered to try to learn to help on the list admin job. where
> should i look first to begin the learning process?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deri James [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 7:26 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Doo-doo dilemma and a suggestion for list adminstrators
>
>
>                   joanne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Don't we all.
> > I have a suggestion for the current/future list administrators.
> > Would it be possible to change the settings of C-Palsy so that
> > if you hit the reply button, the post will go private to the
> > individual it was intended for. If you hit the reply to all
> > button ( obviously I have OE) than the post will go public to
> > the list. Current settings have both reply and reply to all
> > sending the post publicly to the list.  Just a suggestion as it
> > might help prevent ALL  of us from future doo-doo dilemmas.
> > Joanne
> >
> >
> It's not quite that simple. The posts which the list server sends
> out contain three header lines which are relavent here:-
>
>    From: <original author>
>    Reply To: <list server>
>    Cc: <cross posted copy addresses>
>
> It is entirely up to your mail program how they handle these
> headers. My mail agent has two button called "Post" and "Mail".
>
>    Left Click on "Post" sends to Reply To address
>    Right Click on "Post" sends to Reply To address, with copies
>      to From: and any Cc:
>    Left Click on "Mail" sends to From address
>    Right Click on "Mail" sends to From address, with copies to
>      Reply To: and Cc:
>
> What I'm trying to say is that the problem isn't the List Server,
> its because most people use a M$ program to receive mail which
> appears to have been designed by a rather large committee who
> didn't ask users what they wanted, just how pretty can we make it
> look!! Sorry, can't help.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> --
> Deri James
>