[Mailman-Users] Outlook issue? (was Disabling VERP)

[Richard Barrett]

This looks as though there may be a compatibility problem between mail 
coming from Mailman and way the Outlook MUA displays it that is worse with 
MM 2.1 than with MM 2.0.x.

Anyone out there with experience of Microsoft products that can explain 
what's described below and how to correct it?


> > Tom
> >
> > I think there is some confusion here about what is meant by
> > VERP'ed address.
>
>Evidently, you are correct. :-/
>
>So, that's not my problem, then, but my problem remains unresolved.  In a
>nutshell, here's what I'm observing:
>
>Prior to my "upgrade" (oh, bitter irony!) to Mailman 2.1, mail sent via a
>list had the following characteristics:
>
>From: User Name [user at domain.com]
>To: <listname at domain.com>
>Reply-To:  <list|user> depending on list setting
>
>Now, the mail looks like:
>
>From:  listname-bounces at domain.com on behalf of User Name [user at domain.com]
>To: <listname at domain.com>
>Reply-To:  <null>
>
>Additionally, sometimes Outlook will insert the "short description" of the
>list into the To: field when replying, but I'm willing to believe that's a
>bug in Outlook.
>
>My users don't like the new From: format, and I am trying to get it back to
>the way it was, which seems like such a small and simple thing to do but
>evidently is not.  Also, getting rid of the text attachments in Outlook when
>the footer has a different character set than the message body (also due to
>a new "feature" introduced in 2.1) would be delightful.
>
>Thanks for your time and patience,
>
>Tom