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Re: Freezing a Topic but Allowing Reply To Sender


 

On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 02:19 PM, Ken Adams wrote:
Currently if I freeze a topic after reviewing the initial message and finding a sales message, the reply to sender option is no longer available. I don't want to have to require the original sender to include their email address in the message.?
Things can be changed after the fact by editing Topic Properties, but this does not affect header lines in the original post, which has already gone out as emails. Too little, too late.
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What I've done for such single-post announcements is create a hashtag with the Reply-to setting of "Reply Only to Sender." When used, the reply-to line in the message header is correct and the topic is immediately locked; attempts to reply to the group - inadvertent or otherwise - get bounced. As a side benefit, the hashtag allows those who aren't interested in For Sale items to mute them from their mail delivery entirely.
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The key point here is "when used"...many people simply won't apply the hashtag. You can enforce it during moderation, but if you have neither the time nor inclination to do that then you may be out of luck.
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Hope this helps,
Bruce

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