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How do I change where replies to list postings are directed?

This question come up most often when listowners find people replying to a posting to the whole list, when the reply more appropriately should have gone to the sender of the original message.

Listserv inserts a Reply-To: line in each list posting, depending on the setting of the list header:

Reply-To=

UGA lists are created with the default setting

Reply-to= List,Respect
set Reply-To: pointing to the list, but if sender specifies his own reply-to, use that instead
To direct replies to the orignal poster, change this to
Reply-to= Sender,Ignore
set Reply-To: pointing to the poster, and ignore any reply-to he specified.
An alternative setting for an announcement-only list is
Reply-to= None
no reply-to line is included
Note that these settings cannot override decisions made by the person replying, or their email client's behavior.

See the FAQ "How do I change the header settings of my list?" for more information on updating list headers.