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,


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Deri James