Change in mailing list "From:" field?

Jarvis, Robert P. Jarvisb at timken.com
Tue Apr 27 15:02:15 UTC 1999


I'm still seeing the sender of the original message in the "From:" address
(see the included text below).  Maybe somebody at your site changed
something?

Bob Jarvis
The Timken Company

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	wirth at almaden.ibm.com [SMTP:wirth at almaden.ibm.com]
> Sent:	Monday, April 26, 1999 6:59 PM
> To:	squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject:	Change in mailing list "From:" field?
> 
> 
> 
> In the past, the "Reply to:" field in Squeak mailing list messages listed
> the mailing list address, and the "From:" field listed the person who
> submitted the message.  This had the desirable effect that a simple reply
> (in most email apps) would go to the full list.  It seems like this
> changed
> recently (on 4/21) so that the mailing list address is listed in both
> fields.  Was this a conscious change?  It has the bad effect that, unless
> the originator includes a full signature block, the reader can't identify
> who sent the message or reply just to that individual.
> 
> Mike Wirth
> Manager, USER Software
> IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, NWE/B2, San Jose, CA
> 95120-6099
> Email: wirth at almaden.ibm.com    Ph: 408-927-1898
> 





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