Re: [Lingo] Grizzles (Was: Re: jgram.org - Japanese grammar database)

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 05/09/06, Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@example.com> wrote:

> Yes. Very sure. My mail arrives in a /var/mail/jwb file on a Solaris box
> at Monash with minimal preprocessing (basically a SpamAssassin
> evaluation).

Right, but I am pretty sure your MUA is attaching a Reply-to header to
your outgoing mail, for I see:

Reply-To: Jim Breen <jim.breen@example.com>,
	Natural language discussion <lingo@example.com>

In your messages.

> If I look at that file using editor-of-choice, I see:
>
> Reply-to: jmglov@example.com, Natural language discussion <lingo@example.com>

Yup, because I have instructed Gmail to add a Reply-to header to my
permanent email address, <jmglov@example.com>. I treat Gmail just
like a mail client... bugger the @gmail.com address, I just like the
interface. :)

> Hmmm. Looking at a later email from Scott, I see:
>
> Reply-to: Natural language discussion <lingo@example.com>
>
> Sooo.... It seems it's just yours, Josh, that are getting the extras.
> Funny, I thought it was always the mailing list that controlled
> the Reply-to:

The mailing list *can* mess with Reply-to quite a bit. Actually, as I
previously noted, we could have it mess with it even more. :)

-Josh