Re: list reply-to weirdness involving yahoo mail

[Tim Nelson <psychle62@yahoo.com>]

Hi Sam,

Yes, that's what I was getting at in the PS of my last post: the reply-to 
setting in my Yahoo account IS blank. Nothing is now, nor has ever been 
entered into the blank field. Yet something caused the settings which had 
been working just fine for several years to work differently.

-t-

http://www.myspace.com/nimbletunes
http://cdbaby.com/all/timnelson
http://www.youtube.com/speleman62


--- On Wed, 10/1/08, Sam Nilsson <sam@servingpeace.com> wrote:

> From: Sam Nilsson <sam@servingpeace.com>
> Subject: Re: list reply-to weirdness involving yahoo mail
> To: psychle62@yahoo.com
> Cc: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 8:46 PM
> Hi Tim and everyone,
> 
> This issue has been discussed here before and those
> messages can be 
> found in the list archives. Here's the deal as I
> understand and remember it:
> 
> The LD mailing list software adds a Reply-To: header to
> messages before 
> forwarding them to the list. This header contains the
> loopers-delight 
> mailing list address. That way replies go to the list.
> 
> The problem is that the mailing list software will not
> replace an 
> existing Reply-To header, nor will it add a new one if that
> header 
> already exists in a message.
> 
> The only way that the software can do its job correctly is
> if the 
> messages that you send to the list do not contain a
> Reply-To: header. 
> That means in your webmail or mail client you need to make
> sure that the 
> Reply-To setting in your LD account is blank.
> 
> Most people don't need to use a Reply-To address in
> their email 
> configuration, and you should be able to set your yahoo
> email account to 
> not use it.
> 
> Peace,
> - Sam Nilsson
> 
> Tim Nelson wrote:
> > And then there's this from the LD list info page:
> "replies are set to automatically go back to the list,
> so please check the address if you want to reply to somebody
> privately." (From the 'posting guidelines'
> paragraph at
> <http://www.loopers-delight.com/list/LoopList.html> )
> > 
> > Maybe unsub, resub?
> > 
> > -t-
> > 
> > ps: I did finally find the 'reply' option at
> Yahoo buried several pages down, but it appears that option
> would point every reply to every non-LD message to the list,
> and we don't want that, do we?
> > 
> > http://www.myspace.com/nimbletunes
> > http://cdbaby.com/all/timnelson
> > http://www.youtube.com/speleman62
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 10/1/08, George Ludwig
> <sfmissionman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: George Ludwig <sfmissionman@yahoo.com>
> >> Subject: Re: list reply-to weirdness involving
> yahoo mail
> >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >> Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 6:15 PM
> >> I have the same problem. I've been through the
> yahoo
> >> setup screens and haven't found any
> appropriate settings
> >> to change.
> > 
> > 
> >       
> >