Re: configuration question

[Jack <ostroffjh sbcglobal net>]

On 2013.05.01 13:59, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> Hi Jack,
>
> On May  1, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Jack wrote:
> > I'm on a mailing list (one of many, but the only one where this  
> > seems to be a problem for me) where the default reply is to the list  
> > instead of to the sender.  Most of the time, I want to reply to the  
> > sender, not the list, but have not been able to get my brain to  
> > remember to check the address before I send, so I usually get it  
> > wrong.  Does anybody know of any way override the default reply-to  
> > for mailing list messages?  Is it even possible?  Is it worth filing  
> > a a wish-list.
> >
> > In this particular case, there is a "Mailing-List:" header, but I do  
> > not see a "Reply-to:" header.
>
> When you hit Reply, Balsa looks for the recipient first in the  
> "Reply-to:" header, if any, and then the "From:" header (as  
> indicated, though not mandated, by RFC 5322).  If the offending list  
> doesn't include the "Reply-to:" header, it must be putting itself in  
> the "From:" header, instead of the originator.  If it's possible to  
> reply to the originator, the list must be including a "Cc:" header  
> with the originator's address, is that right?  What is the "To:"  
> header?
>
> Peter

First - understand that I don't think balsa is doing anything wrong.  I  
would just like to find a way to add a warning to myself that I'm  
replying to the list and not the sender - even if the list is set up  
otherwise.  This is a yahoo-groups list, and the message includes the  
following apparently relevant headers (email is just 'x y z', address  
is '"human name" x y x':

From:     original senders address
Reply-To: list email
To:       list address
X-Sender: original authors email
Sender:   list email
Mailing-List: "list" list email"; contact " list owner email

So, when I just do a "reply" is it To: list email.  When I "reply all"  
it is To: list email and CC: list address.  This is different from, for  
example, this balsa list, where "reply" is To: sender's address (as in  
From:) and "reply all" is To: senders address and CC: list email (as in  
the To: of the message.)  The balsa list does not include a "Reply-To:"  
header.

Again - I think everything is working correctly - I'm just looking for  
a way to stop myself from not paying enough attention to what I'm doing.

Jack