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Subject: Re: Default reply behavior is counterintuitive
From: madavis @ deliberate . com (Marilyn Davis)
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 10:30:24 -0800 (PST)
To: lawppw @ gsulaw . gsu . edu (Patrick Wiseman)
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <312DEA62.63FE@gsulaw.gsu.edu> from "Patrick Wiseman" at Feb 23, 96 11:25:06 am

> 
> Hello:
> 
> It seems to me -- and to my listowners -- that majordomo's default reply 
> behavior (to the sender rather than the list) is counterintuitive for a 
> discussion list, where it is expected that replies will be contributions 
> to the discussion.
> 
> Is there a way to change this default behavior in (in order of my 
> preference):
> 
> * the sendmail aliases
> * the majordomo script
> * each list's config file?

Yes.  There is a reply_to field in the *.config file.  It seemed only
to work if I put in the explicit address of the list: 
this_list@this_site.com  although  I would have thought that $LIST
should have worked.

If someone has another way, I'd be interested.
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