Re: [Evolution] Problem with reply, reply to all

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

Hmm, I think we are just using Sender in preference to From, we probably
need to merge sender/from in reply to all?


On 28 Mar 2001 08:41:39 -0700, Brian Lalor wrote:
> Good morning.  I've mentioned this once before, but I think its a major
> issue (and perhaps part of a larger religious battle).  Evolution fails
> to properly identify the address of the sender of a message when
> replying to messages from certain mailing lists.  Below are the headers
> of a message I received from a list I'm on:
>
>
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>     CAA17608 for
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>     Received: from [216.224.152.35] by web12502.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 27
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>     Message-ID:  <20010328074048 68525 qmail web12502 mail yahoo com>
>     Date:         Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:40:48 -0800
>     Reply-To: SV650 List <SV650-L LISTSERV HAWKGT COM>
>     Sender: SV650 List <SV650-L LISTSERV HAWKGT COM>
>     From: Bill Metz <bmetz99 YAHOO COM>
>     Subject:      Re: Painting, compatible shifter?
>     To: SV650-L LISTSERV HAWKGT COM
>     In-Reply-To:  <985745826 22273 5 camel webtech13>
>
> When I hit right-click on the message and choose "Reply to Sender", I
> get a mail with "SV650 List <SV650-L LISTSERV HAWKGT COM>" in the To:
> field.  When I choose "Reply to All", I get a composer window with
> "SV650 List <SV650-L LISTSERV HAWKGT COM>" in the To:,and
> "SV650-L LISTSERV HAWKGT COM" in the CC: field.
>
> There's no way to reply to "Bill Metz <bmetz99 YAHOO COM>", the original
> sender.  Yes, I realize the list managing software is to blame for
> munging the headers so badly, but that's beyond my control, and I'm
> willing to bet this is not the only list with this issue.
>
> Probably the best way to resolve this issue would be to allow the Reply
> functions to be configurable by the user.  Another possiblity is to
> provide a child menu to the reply context menu that has (in the case of
> the message above):
>
>     Reply to:
>         Bill Metz <bmetz99 YAHOO COM> [From]
>         SV650 List <SV650-L LISTSERV HAWKGT COM> [Reply-To]
>         SV650 List <SV650-L LISTSERV HAWKGT COM> [Sender]
>         SV650-L LISTSERV HAWKGT COM [To]
>
>
> Perhaps the first option (configurable by user) would be preferable,
> allowing the user to configure the headers that are used as reply-to
> targets, and the priority of each one.
>
> What do you folks think?
>
> Thanks,
> B
>
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