# 'Reply To' setting in openehr posts

**Category:** [Clinical (archive)](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/clinical-archive/153)
**Created:** 2005-01-27 14:35 UTC
**Views:** 6
**Replies:** 4
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/reply-to-setting-in-openehr-posts/14463

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## Post #1 by @USM_Bish

This is a request for the List Admin\.

The 'Reply To:' setting for the  mailing list is  currently set
for the Original Poster \(OP\)\. This results in two things:

o On  hitting \[Reply\] on most MUAs the 'To:' address is set for
  the OP\. Since the OP would in any case a copy of the  mail if
  the reply is sent to the list,  keeping  the  'Reply To:' set
  for the list would save all the trouble of doing a  Cc to the
  list or altering the 'To:' address\.

o A lot of 'Undelived/ undeliverable' messages, and autoreplies
  \(those with 'out\-of\-office' mechanisms set\) are also returned
  to the OP\. I received 8 such autoreplies to a post  I made on
  the list earlier this evening\.

It would be nice if the List Admin could  consider  setting the
'Reply To:' option for list mails to the list itself\.

Thanking you,

Dr USM Bish

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## Post #2 by @system

I agree, this is commonly done on mailinglists

Bert Verhees

USM Bish wrote:

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## Post #3 by @Tim_Cook6

> This is a request for the List Admin\.

\.\.\.

> It would be nice if the List Admin could  consider  setting the
> 'Reply To:' option for list mails to the list itself\.

I concur\.

The argument is sometimes made against this setting because people
accidentally send email to the list that they intended to only send to
one person\.  I think this is a specious argument that doesn't server the
majority of list users\.

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## Post #4 by @Tim_Cook6

\.\.\.nor does it SERVE them either\! <vbg>

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## Post #5 by @Martin_van_den_Bemt

>>
>> o A lot of 'Undelived/ undeliverable' messages, and autoreplies
>>  \(those with 'out\-of\-office' mechanisms set\) are also returned
>>  to the OP\. I received 8 such autoreplies to a post  I made on
>>  the list earlier this evening\.
>>
This is the consequence of how the mailing list is setup : it is setup as a mail address, with no reference to it as being a mailinglist \(or bulk mail address\)

Here is how to fix it :

Most of my mailinglist subscriptions have a List\-Id <dotted listname> or an extra header of Delivered\-To: mailing list <list adres>\.
They all however have the Precedence: bulk mailheader set\.
Setting Precedence: bulk will prevent good mail clients/servers sending out of office mails to that address\. If it does, the client is broken and needs fixing\.\.

See ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2919.txt for List\-Id\.
Precendence: bulk is non standard, but widely adopted by most mailinst list systems\.

Mvgr,
Martin

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