[Mailman-Users] Reply-To option, Author Name and Archives

[Joel Uckelman]

> Hello,
> 
> I've searched the archives, the FAQ and google and couldn't find the answer 
> to this question. So, any help is appreciated.
> 
> I'm moving our lists from Majordomo to Mailman and have set up a test list 
> where I've sent some test messages from several different e-mail accounts. I 
> have the following configuration options set:
> 
> General:
> Where are replies to list messages directed? Poster is strongly recommended 
> for most mailing lists. This list
> Privacy:
> Hide the sender of a message, replacing it with the list address (Removes 
> From, Sender and Reply-To fields)  No
>  
> When I look at the archives on the web, if the "From:" field in the test.mbox
>  
> file is in the format of "User Name" <user at example.com> (or else User 
> <user at example.com> - quotes don't matter unless there is a special character,
>  
> and this field, the GECOS field? is generated by the MUA, I think) then User 
> Name is displayed as the Author. If the "From:" field is in the format of 
> someone at isp.com (this is how I've seen the headers from my AOL account) then 
> the Author is the list e-mail address.
> 
> When I look at the archived message in either case, the e-mail address of the
>  
> author is the list e-mail address.
> 
> If I change the "Reply-To:" option from "This List" to "Poster" then the 
> author in the archives html file is the actual author, not the list.
> 
> Since this is a discussion list, it's useful to have the "Reply-To:" option 
> set up as "This List."
> 
> The archive of this list is private and subscription needs to be authorized. 
> It would be useful for our users to see who actually wrote something, rather 
> than the listname in the author field.
> 
> E-mail works fine, it's just the archives, which my users really want, that 
> are confusing me.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> -Susan

I think this is the same problem I asked about a few days ago. I've been 
looking at the code in an attempt to determine out why this happens, but I 
haven't made much progress thus far. I'll let you know if I figure it out.

-- 
J.