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Everything I send to John Cowan bounces, so with some apologies I
send this to the whole list.

> > [C]ould whoever it is adjust
> > the way it works so that the Reply-To field of the messages it sends is set
> > to be the list address itself rather than the sender of the original message
> > please?
>
> We tried that when Lojban List was first listserv-ified, and found that it
> led to greater confusion.  It is better, I think, that a public posting
> be sent privately than that a private posting be made public, and it's
> easier to change the "To:" line to a fixed address than to have to guess
> the correct address of the poster if you want to reply privately.

I emphatically agree with you.

And