This email address is does not have the forth mentioned problem,
however, I do use other email address too.  What happens when I post
messages from that office post server is that the post server alters the
from packet and replaces it with a support@xxxx.com or sails@xxxx.com
depending on your department.  Hence over the years, standard practice
of forcing the reply address into the email packet.  Then there is never
a problem.

Again this is standard practice in larger companies.

Regards,

James

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From: pic microcontroller discussion list
[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Sean H. Breheny
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:36 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [PIC]: (Reply addresses, was PWM problems)

Hi James,

I don't understand. How can your setting the "Reply-To" field to the
same
thing as your "From" address alter how your company's mail server
handles
reply messages to you? Doesn't the "Reply-To:" field simply alter what
address the replier's email client sends the reply message to? In your
case, the replier's client would send the reply to the same address
whether
or not you set your "Reply-to" field since you have that field set to
exactly the same address as your from address. There must be something
I'm
not seeing.

Sean

At 09:23 PM 1/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Yes, that is exactly correct, but also many companies, including mine
>have Post servers which cause the default to go back to their general
>mail account.  By setting the reply address ensures that it always gets
>back to the right person.  Hence it is good practice.  I personally
will
>not change it because of one person.  In fact Olin is the person who
has
>ever complained to me about this.  I have sent 1000's of emails over
the
>past 10 years this way without ever a complaint.  Including the PIC
list
>and other mailing lists.
>
>Now this is also why news servers are better than mailing lists as far
>as the replies go.
>
>Regards,
>
>
>James

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