Hi Jack, On May 1, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Jack wrote: ...
First - understand that I don't think balsa is doing anything wrong. I would just like to find a way to add a warning to myself that I'm replying to the list and not the sender - even if the list is set up otherwise. This is a yahoo-groups list, and the message includes the following apparently relevant headers (email is just 'x y z', address is '"human name" x y x':From: original senders address Reply-To: list email To: list address X-Sender: original authors email Sender: list email Mailing-List: "list" list email"; contact " list owner email
OK--yeah, some lists insert a "Reply-To:" header to the list, though many users find it annoying <URL:http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html>. I've tripped up and embarrassed myself with those, too. Perhaps Balsa should insert a little info-bar in the compose window, with just a "Close" button, saying something like
You are replying to a message that contains a "Reply-To:" header, which was used to set the recipient.That should be enough; however, a user who relies on that header might find the info-bar annoying :)
Peter
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