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way to limit reply-to header to particular account?
Authored by: brachiator on Sep 04, '02 06:52:01PM
This is an excellent start, replacing a key function I missed from Entourage.

BUT, is there a way to modify the commands such that only email going out on a particular account within Mail carries the reply-to?

I have several email accounts being pulled down into Mail, and I certainly don't want ALL of them to bear my precious, clean and spam-free forwarding address on outgoing mail.

I want only my primary home mail -- the one that I give to my friends and colleagues -- to carry the reply-to. I don't want the email addresses I use for internet commerce, chat, etc., to have the reply-to, and open up my forwarding address to abuse.

thanks!

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way to limit reply-to header to particular account?
Authored by: tjj on Jan 03, '03 08:53:13AM

Don't know if anyone still reads this thread.
I haven't found an elegant solution for the problem, but if allowed to enter a different address in the account set-up, you could set name+acc1@mymail.com in one account, name+acc2@mymail.com in another account, etc. That way you will still keep track of where what was sent to, while harvesting all mail into a single account. - Provided this account supports the +whatever@ syntax (one of my accounts does, another doesn't).

Also usable for tracking spam.



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way to limit reply-to header to particular account?
Authored by: tjj on Jan 03, '03 09:00:11AM

Reason for this this to be useful in my case is that I need different smtp-servers depending on location (powerbook gets hauled around). So accountX@mymail.com would have smtp-X, while accountX+doodle@mymail.com would have smtp-Y, but all mail using the Reply-To function would end up in the same account.
Guess I should've mentioned that before.

-Thomas



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