Re: Changing default reply address

On 18 Sep 2021 as I do recall,
          Chris Hughes  wrote:

> In message <3c5dbd6959.harriet@...>
>           Harriet Bazley <lists@...> wrote:
> 
> > My energy company has taken to sending its meter read requests from a
> > no-reply address instead of the old meterreads@ address, and every time
> > I forget to change the default To field when replying and get a bounce
> > on my first attempt.   Is there a way to set up a group in such a way
> > that replies from that group are sent back to a user-definable address
> > which overrides the original From?


> > I tried creating a pseudo-mailing list, but that only works when trying
> > to send new messages to the 'list', not when replying to a message
> > filtered into that group.  (Probably because these e-mails don't
> > actually have any mailing list headers....)
> 
> Actually creating a dummy mailing list is one way it might work.
> 
> Why do you need to send the whole original email back?

You don't.  I just reply quoting the section at the top which gives my
meter number, customer ID etc.

> 
> Just thought of a round about way of doing it using a dummy mailing list
> 
> Filter the incoming email from your supplier into the dummy mailing list.
> 
> Then set up the mailing list with the correct valid return email address.
> 
> Open the email you have just received from your supplier, do a Ctrl-A then 
> Ctrl-C and copy that into the new dummy mailbox email which then has the 
> correct valid reply email address to your supplier.

That's basically what I'm doing - filtering the incoming e-mails into
the dummy mailing list, then trying to remember to 'send a new post to
list' and copy the relevant parts into it instead of replying directly
to the request.

> 
> Long winded I know but should work I think.
> 
> The only other option I can think of is to use Shift-W on your incoming 
> email from your supplier to open a copy of your incoming email from your 
> supplier as a Forward email so that will have no To: address in by 
> default.
> 

I can achieve the required result simply by having the submission
address in my address book and remembering to select that in my reply in
order to override the default destination - in all cases the
'remembering' part is the problem....

At least having the mailing-list arrangement seems to help remind me
that these e-mails are a special case and can't be replied to as
normal... at least while the novelty of it lasts!   :-P


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Harriet Bazley                     ==  Loyaulte me lie ==

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