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RE: Improper threading (was: Re: the latest news)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 17 Apr 2000 05:07:34 GMT
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Just curious...should the TO field shown when I reply [eg the posting
address of the original message] be set to the person who posted the message
I'm replying to?
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128
Growing older is compulsary..Growing up isn't :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Lehman [mailto:lehman@javanet.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 3:00 PM
> To: lugnet.admin.general@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Improper threading (was: Re: the latest news)
>
>
> In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> > BTW, Ben -- could you please try an experiement for me? • Reply to this
> > message when you receive it, but at the very last moment, • before sending it
> > to lugnet.admin.general@lugnet.com, change that instead to • lehman@javanet.com
> > (or if your e-mail software doesn't let you change it, • perhaps you could add
> > that address). I'll be able to take a closer look at the • raw message that
> > way. Perhaps there is some nonstandard header that your • mailer is sending
> > which could be used.
>
> OK, got your reply -- Thanks.
>
> Looking at its headers, I'm afraid the news is bad: there's
> no nonstandard
> header being used for references, even when you just hit
> regular 'Reply'.
> And I can also confirm that it's not using the standard NNTP
> 'References:'
> or SMTP 'In-Reply-To:' headers either. :-(
>
> I don't see any server-side solution or workaround being possible.[1]
>
> --Todd
>
> [1] Other than analyzing what's below the "---Original
> Message---" portion,
> which would be insane to bother doing.
>
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| (...) Yes, but of course it depends how your software was designed. The default should be to reply just to the sender, and with an optional "reply to all" button (sometimes shift-Reply or a separate selection) then you reply to the list. But again, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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