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DougC

Recent changes to the Lazarus mailing list make it more difficult to identify who has posted a message. The FROM field is always the list, itself, now.

I've noticed that a specific address is CC: to each message. Is this the person who actually posted the message?

Are there any plans to restore the actual FROM source to the messages?

Doug C.

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Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 5:01 AM, DougC via Lazarus <

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wrote: Recent changes to the Lazarus mailing list make it more difficult to identify who has posted a message. The FROM field is always the list, itself, now. I've noticed that a specific address is CC: to each message. Is this the person who actually posted the message? Are there any plans to restore the actual FROM source to the messages? Doug C. -- _______________________________________________

In my copy of your message , "FROM" is

DougC via Lazarus

Is not "DougC" you ?

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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DougC
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Yes, DougC is me but I see in FROM: so I guess it's my email client doing this. Sigh. Sorry about the noise!

---- On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 08:41:08 -0400Mehmet Erol Sanliturk via Lazarus &lt;&gt; wrote ----

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 5:01 AM, DougC via Lazarus &lt;&gt; wrote:

Recent changes to the Lazarus mailing list make it more difficult to identify who has posted a message. The FROM field is always the list, itself, now.

I've noticed that a specific address is CC: to each message. Is this the person who actually posted the message?

Are there any plans to restore the actual FROM source to the messages?

Doug C.

_______________________________________________ In my copy of your message , "FROM" is DougC via Lazarus &lt;&gt; Is not "DougC" you ? Mehmet Erol Sanliturk --

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Unknown author
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DougC wrote
Yes, DougC is me but I see <mailto:> in FROM: so I guess it's my email client doing this. Sigh. Sorry about the noise!

no... the list was changed due to the email security stuff that some major ISPs now require... they were refusing to pass on list messages with from address of users instead of the list... they were viewed as forgeries even though they were not...

depending on which button you click to reply to a post, the To: or CC: lines may include the list as well as the original poster... at least one button should reply off-list to the original poster but that one may be broken now and simply requires manual intervention to place the original poster's email address in the field in place of the list's email address...

NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. *Please keep mailing list traffic on the list* unless private contact is specifically requested and granted.

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DougC
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I have no problem figuring out how to reply to the place I want to reply to.

The problem I have is seeing who the original sender was. There is nothing in the way the messages are presented to me that indicates the original author.

Doug C.

---- On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 12:56:21 -0400wkitty42--- via Lazarus &lt;&gt; wrote ----

On 10/01/2016 08:44 AM, DougC via Lazarus wrote:

&gt; Yes, DougC is me but I see

&gt; &lt;mailto:&gt; in FROM: so I guess it's my email client

&gt; doing this. Sigh. Sorry about the noise!

no... the list was changed due to the email security stuff that some major ISPs

now require... they were refusing to pass on list messages with from address of

users instead of the list... they were viewed as forgeries even though they were

not...

depending on which button you click to reply to a post, the To: or CC: lines may

include the list as well as the original poster... at least one button should

reply off-list to the original poster but that one may be broken now and simply

requires manual intervention to place the original poster's email address in the

field in place of the list's email address...

NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. *Please keep mailing list traffic on the list* unless private contact is specifically requested and granted. --

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DougC wrote
I have no problem figuring out how to reply to the place I want to reply to.

i wasn't sure... some readers operate in different ways... t-bird, i know, has reply, reply list and reply all...

The problem I have is seeing who the original sender was. There is nothing in the way the messages are presented to me that indicates the original author.

are you not at moosemail dot net? i guess the answer to your question is yes, the CC field is the original poster... this reply will (should) likely carry a CC with my email address at windstream dot net after it is processed by the list server...

NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. *Please keep mailing list traffic on the list* unless private contact is specifically requested and granted.

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Michael Schnell
to DougC: Recent changes to the Lazarus mailing list make it more difficult to identify who has…
DougC wrote
The FROM field is always the list, itself, now.

Seems like a good idea.
While Thunderbird has a dedicated "Reply to list" button (which I sometimes failed to hit :-( ), some other mail clients might only allow for "Reply" (unless you want multiple recipients). Now this "reply to sender only" does what is appropriate.

-Michael
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