Re: New system

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

On the old PEN-L system, PINE used to distinguish between the "From:" and
"Reply to:" fields, and it would ask "Use reply to instead of From?" That
no longer happens - apparently the Reply to: field is empty now. I have
other mailers to choose from here, but I'm habituated to PINE, and like
all old farts, reluctant to change. So is there some way to fill the reply
field? Or can some Unix junkies offer some advice?

Doug

Doug Henwood [dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx]
Left Business Observer
212-874-4020 (voice)
212-874-3137 (fax)


On Tue, 15 Mar 1994, Marshall Feldman wrote:

>
> >Posted on 14 Mar 1994 at 10:59:09 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
> >
> >New system
> >
> >Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 07:57:23 -0800
> >Reply-To: dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx
> >From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >It's confusing not to have PEN-L listed as the source of a message; the
> >new software makes everything look like pseudo-personalized direct mail.
> >And, at least on this system (PINE 3.05, on a Sun UNIX), you can't reply
> >to PEN-L; a reply goes to the author.
> >
> >Can this be fixed? Or is this the price of progress?
> >
> >Doug
> >
> >Doug Henwood [dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx]
> >Left Business Observer
> >212-874-4020 (voice)
> >212-874-3137 (fax)
> >
> >
>
> Some of us have mail systems that distinguish between the mailing list,
> the mail's author, and other conceptually distinct entities involved
> in the posting's origins.  In such systems, knowing the mail comes
> from a particular individual IN ADDITION to knowing it is forwarded by
> a particular list is very useful.  Whatever solution is found for
> Doug's problem ought not take away the additional functionality enjoyed
> by those of us with more capable mail processing software.
>
> Marsh Feldman
> Community Planning                      Phone: 401/792-2248
> 204 Rodman Hall                           FAX: 401/792-4395
> University of Rhode Island           Internet: marsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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