Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/01/27/14:10:03
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Dave Korn wrote:
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Brian Ford
>
Try it, it works. Notice the above :).
> Brian Ford wrote:
> > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-12/msg00652.html
> >
> I've read that message a dozen times, and I can't make head or tail of it.
>
> It seems to be saying that you can post to the list in a special way that
> adds a "Reply-To" header to your post with your own email address in it.
> Alternatively, you can post to the normal address and your post won't get a
> "Reply-To" header added to it.
>
> ISTM that in case 1), replies will go to the "Reply-To" address, i.e.
> yourself, whereas in case 2), replies will go to the "From" address, i.e.
> yourself.
>
I just read it again, closely this time, and you are right. It doesn't
make any sense.
Trust me though, it actually does what you want. Just subscribe to
cygwin-replyto, and then posts from your address will get a Reply-To
header (for cygwin at cygwin dot com) added automatically.
> There's obviously something about this that I'm just not getting. Spare
> clue, anyone? In particular, is there some way of forcing replies to go to
> the list and *not* to yourself ?
>
Yes, your just reading what it said rather than what it meant :).
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