[ale] Regarding replies to the list...

[Geoffrey]

Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> On Monday 09 December 2002 01:40 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> <snip>
> 
>>From: Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net>
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>Reply-To: ale at ale.org
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>You address shows in the FROM: field
>>So in theory, if I select "Reply", it should go to you only. But it
>>currently does not. In Evolution 1.2, if I select "reply to all" it goes
>>only to the list. If I select reply, it goes to the list.
> 
> 
> Actually, Evolution is behaving semi-correctly.  The Reply-To: header is 
> there and says that reply's should go to the list.  And that is what 
> happens for you.
> 
> IMO, "reply to all" should go to the list and the sender, which is what 
> kmail does, but apparently Evolution does not.  I suspect that Evolution 
> behaves this way because that is what Outlook does.  If you are going to 
> use an Outlook clone, you are going to get bug-for-bug compatibility.

No, if there is a reply-to, reply to all should not send to the From, 
but to "To:, CC:, reply-to:.

reply-to REPLACES From: in all responses.

> 
> ;-)
> 
> Michael
> 
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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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