Re: Changing default reply address

In message <c31ddb6d59.harriet@...>
          Harriet Bazley <lists@...> wrote:

> 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.

Ah OK that makes more sense. :-)

>> 
>> 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.

Have you not setup the default reply address in the mailing list, if you 
have copied the bit you need too into a new mailing list email, it should 
be using the default reply address you have told the list to use? the you 
don't have to remember it since its already in place.


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-- 
Chris Hughes

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