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   Carlos E.R. to Andy Burns   
   Re: Hang about guys, I just realised (re   
   07 Jan 24 20:03:20   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-01-07 16:03, Andy Burns wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> Andy Burns wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> if you have the message header pane toolbar enabled, the reply button   
   >>> there behaves differently to the reply button on the main toolbar.   
   >>   
   >> I don't have buttons on the main toolbar, but I have the main menu.   
   >>   
   >> "Message-Reply to sender only" behaves the same as "Reply" button in   
   >> the message header pane toolbar and would send an email to you, but   
   >> using my invalid email and the default smtp server, which will not work.   
   >>   
   >> "Message-Reply to all" attempts something that will fail. I'm not   
   >> clicking send.   
   >>   
   >> "Message-Follow up to newsgroup" does the same as the "Follow up"   
   >> button in the message header pane toolbar.   
   >   
   > I can't remember exactly when the message header pane toolbar got added,   
   > around v60 or something?  Anyway I decided I already had the main   
   > toolbar and didn't need another, so immediately turned it off.   
   >   
   > Shortly afterwards I noticed a big increase in people sending me email   
   > replies instead of to the group, and then having to apologise for it,   
   > since I had no such button, I didn't immediately realise it was due to   
   > the "same" button doing different things in different places.   
      
   But it is not the case, I get two different buttons. And on mail lists I   
   get a "Reply-list" button and follow up disappears.   
      
      
   > For me the main reply button always behaves itself, it sends an email   
   > reply to email messages and a usenet reply to usenet messages, on rare   
   > occasions I may use reply-all when I choose to.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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