You may be right there, Shal.?? I tried altering the From address on a reply I sent to Marcio.? Thunderbird allowed me to do it, but it doesn't seem to have arrived.? It is spoofing after all.? However I have done it successfully using a different address known to Thunderbird and that has gone through OK.? So your suggestion of setting up an account with Thunderbird in the name of group+owner seems like a good idea that should work.
Peter
On 08/08/2019 16:12, Shal Farley wrote:
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Here's the problem. Using Thunderbird, apparently I can't answer with something different than my own email. So is there a way of doing it?
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What Chris said about using the activity log entry is only true of +owner messages from members. Those from non-members are logged, but without a stored copy of the message that you could reply to.
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What I often do is reply from Thunderbird using my own email address, but set a "Reply-To" field with the group's +owner address. You can do that in the same way you add a CC or BCC address.
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Depending on your email service, you may be able to create an "account" within your email address which has the group's +owner email address. With Gmail or Yahoo Mail you'll be required to prove that you are authorized to use that address - they'll send a confirmation email to it. That could startle your co-owners/mods, so you might want to warn them if you attempt this.
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I've stopped using this technique though because it is technically "spoofing" (even if legitimately done) and many email services are getting very touchy about displaying or even delivering spoofed messages to their users. So while this worked perfectly in a less paranoid world, it may not work so well now. Come to think of it, I'm not sure if Gmail or Yahoo still allows you to set up such a spoof.
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Shal
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