Outlook: Wait, what?
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Alex replies on behalf of customersupport@thedailywtf!.com (which is the From: address), with alex@thedailywtf!.com in his signature line - because he wants you to be able to reach him directly going forward.
That's silly. I should be able to reply to that email and it end up somewhere useful.
I'm not going to look at the address in his signature and magically know he wants me to use that going forwards. Also Reply-To headers are a thing.
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Which reminds me... why do people put their email address in their email signature? I have their email address - they've just fucking emailed me.
Until you get something forwarded or replied or whatever that only displays their name. Still, I don't use signatures any more.
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You send an email to customersupport@thedailywtf!.comAlex replies on behalf of customersupport@thedailywtf!.com (which is the From: address), with alex@thedailywtf!.com in his signature line - because he wants you to be able to reach him directly going forward.
That’s what the Reply-To header was invented for. (And not, as MS mailers initially abused it, for putting in the same address as the From header — that caused all sorts of irritation on mailing lists.)
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The Reply-To header usually isn't included when you forward or print out the e-mail, though.
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No, it isn't, but that’s not a problem in the use case set out in the message I was replying to. Or are you suggesting it’s a common thing to print out emails for someone else to reply to?
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Or are you suggesting it’s a common thing to print out emails for someone else to reply to?
If you're important enough to not reply to any of your own e-mails, it might be.
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Replying to your own emails was once upon a time held to be a sign of insanity because you were talking to yourself.
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By "your own e-mails", I meant e-mails that you've received, not e-mails that you've sent.
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Really? I’m sure I honestly misunderstood you then …