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Re: Mailing lists - desperately confused [message #165293 is a reply to message #165283]

Sat, 21 May 2011 15:06

grepnold
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OK I've just about worked out why I was so confused. I used to use a different method with phpBB and was thinking along those lines.

This may help anyone else who is also confused.

To be clear, let's use mailing list address for the address that you mail to to have the mail sent out to all members of the mailing list.

And posting address for the address that the mailserver pipes to a script (maillist.php in the case of FUDforum) to have the mail appear on the web forum.

phpBB way:
This used a sort of 'new post notify' mailout that could be set up to contain the entire text of the post. I set the mailing list address to get these mails.
So EVERY post to forum, whether sent by mail or from the web forum, went out to the mailing list address.

Therefore the Reply-To on the mailing list mails is set to the posting address.

In other words, replying by mail goes through one big loop: sent mail -> web posting -> notify mail -> mailing list script -> mailing list subscribers

FUDforum way:
posts on the web forum appear there AND are sent to the mailing list address

posts to the forum by mail appear on the web forum BUT DON'T get sent to the mailing list address.

Therefore the Reply-To must be the mailing list address as this is the only way that it will get to the mailing list subscribers.

BUT ALSO, the posting address must be added to the mailing list addresses, so that replies by mail go to the web forum.

So replying by mail uses two separate loops. The reply goes to mail subscribers just like a mailing list that is unconnected to a web forum. The posting address is a mailing list recipient so replies by mail go to the web forum, and replies on the web forum are sent to the mailing list address by FUDforum's mailing list setting.

Sorry for this long post but it might help others who have the same confusion as I did.

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		Mailing lists - desperately confused By: grepnold on Sun, 01 May 2011 19:30
		Re: Mailing lists - desperately confused By: The Witcher on Mon, 02 May 2011 00:42
		Re: Mailing lists - desperately confused By: naudefj on Mon, 02 May 2011 17:05
		Re: Mailing lists - desperately confused By: grepnold on Mon, 02 May 2011 18:01
		Re: Mailing lists - desperately confused By: The Witcher on Mon, 02 May 2011 21:13
		Re: Mailing lists - desperately confused By: naudefj on Tue, 03 May 2011 03:38
		Re: Mailing lists - desperately confused By: grepnold on Fri, 20 May 2011 12:46
		Re: Mailing lists - desperately confused By: grepnold on Fri, 20 May 2011 13:28
		Re: Mailing lists - desperately confused By: grepnold on Sat, 21 May 2011 15:06

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