[Mailman-Users] Reply-To option, Author Name and Archives
Topaz11green at aol.com
Topaz11green at aol.com
Thu Jun 6 04:32:16 CEST 2002
Hello,
I've searched the archives, the FAQ and google and couldn't find the answer
to this question. So, any help is appreciated.
I'm moving our lists from Majordomo to Mailman and have set up a test list
where I've sent some test messages from several different e-mail accounts. I
have the following configuration options set:
General:
Where are replies to list messages directed? Poster is strongly recommended
for most mailing lists. This list
Privacy:
Hide the sender of a message, replacing it with the list address (Removes
From, Sender and Reply-To fields) No
When I look at the archives on the web, if the "From:" field in the test.mbox
file is in the format of "Poster Name" <somebody at example.com> or else Poster
Name <somebody at example.com>then Poster Name is displayed as the Author. If
the "From:" field is in the format of someone at example.com (this is how I've
seen the headers from my AOL account) then the Author is the list e-mail
address.
When I look at the archived message in either case, the e-mail address of the
author is the list e-mail address.
If I change the "Reply-To:" option from "This List" to "Poster" then the
author in the archives html file is the actual author, not the list, and the
author's e-mail address is given.
Since this is a discussion list, it's useful to have the "Reply-To:" option
set up as "This List."
The archive of this list is private and subscription needs to be authorized.
It would be useful for our users to see who actually wrote something, rather
than the listname in the author field.
E-mail works fine, it's just the archives, which my users really want, that
are confusing me.
Thanks for your help.
-Susan
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