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Re: [LUG] Thunderbird From Address in Replies to List

 

On 07/08/14 19:14, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote:


On 7 Aug 2014 19:07, "Julian Hall" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 07/08/14 16:12, Brad Rogers wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 15:05:44 +0100
>> Tom <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Tom,
>>
>>> T'bird allows filtering on a whole lot of methods - just about
>>> everything you could think of in terms of headers and content.
>>
>> It's not really the filtering that's at issue here but 'folder
>> properties', as Claws Mails names them.  It's those that allow me to
>> force a certain email address for a particular folder, instead of the
>> currently selected one.  After sending my post, it occurred to me that
>> Julian may already be doing that (or something similar), but T'bird has
>> taken it upon itself to not follow those instructions.
>>
>> In any case, it's handy to know (for somebody that's never used it)
>> T'bird can filter multiple ways.  So thanks for the info.
>>
> T'bird folder properties are basic and don't allow that kind of set-up, however the problem is simply that if I reply to an email I expect the mail to be sent from the same account it came in on, but T'bird seems to randomly change it and it didn't used to so something seems to have been broken by an update.
>
> This reply now I had to change to send from my Linux email account and it's beginning to be a pain.
>
> Julian

It's been a very long time since I last used Thunderbird in any really significant way. Can you add the list email address as a contact and make it so that any and all mails to that contact go from a specific account?

Grant

Hi Grant,

Thanks for the suggestion.

The DC GLUG list is in my Address Book already - has been for years.  However, there doesn't seem to be anything in Properties of the address book entry to allow what you suggested.

Julian
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