[Virtualacorn-list] Multiple recipients

[Vince Hudd]

On 26 July 2018 at 11:47 Bob Ardler via Virtualacorn-list <virtualacorn-list at riscository.co.uk> wrote:

> Re the original VMH thread: clicking "Reply" here replies
> only to the sender you're reading; "Reply all" replies to
> sender plus list and causes "held for moderation" as Vince
> M Hudd noted. So you enter the list address by hand, which,
> if I understand J McC, snaps the thread. Yer carnt win.


What this shows is that webmail - whether that's in general, or the specific implementation you are using - is somewhat lacking as a day to day email service. This is why a proper email client such as Pluto is a far better way to read email.

Out of interest, I've just logged into the webmail service provided by my host to see how it handles list posts, and it showed a similar limitation you describe - though not quite the same. Ultimately, though, it boiled down to the same result of a reply either being sent directly to you, or to both you and the list (the Reply-all).

But there is a quick fix in my case which may or may not also work for you/your webmail service: Hit reply-all, then delete the personal recipient from the To field, leaving only the list as a recipient.

Indeed, this reply is being composed via my webmail service having done exactly that.