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Setting default 'Reply To' in Mac Mail?

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marc.cizravi

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Anyone know how I can set a permanent Reply To header for all my mail accounts in Mail?

I've found a couple scripts by searching the net, but all old stuff and nothing that works... anyone care to take a crack at it?

Applecare's official stance is that you need to type it in manually for every message... there has to be some way around this.

thanks in advance :apple:
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

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So you're saying you want to send all replies to the same address, regardless of where the email came from?
 
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marc.cizravi

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GGJstudios said:
But the people who send you emails won't see any of your replies, if you send them all to yourself. That's not making any sense.
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ok, let's say I run 4 different websites. @1.com @2.com and @3.com, each of these different sites has info@1.com and info@2.com and info@3.com. When people email me for the first time, I respond accordingly from the account they've sent a message to. However, FROM THEN ON I'd like them to reply to personal@me.com, so I want the "Reply-To" header always set to personal@me.com.

re-reading your reply, I don't think you understand what the 'Reply To' field accomplishes when writing a new message.

Make the distinction between the 'To' field and 'Reply-To' field.
 
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marc.cizravi

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Brian33

Brian33

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The following does not add a Reply-To header, but changes the From header so all the replies go where you want them to -- works for me:

Go to Mail Preferences..., Accounts, select info@1.com, Account Information, "Email Address:" and change it to the desired reply destination of personal@me.com. (Don't change the address in the "User Name:" field, though).

Now all mail sent from info@1.com will show up as From personal@me.com, so replies will go to personal@me.com.

Don't know how to send the first email with a From header of info@1.com, though.

Would that work for you?
Brian33.
 
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marc.cizravi

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Mar 8, 2010
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Brian33 said:
The following does not add a Reply-To header, but changes the From header so all the replies go where you want them to -- works for me:

Go to Mail Preferences..., Accounts, select info@1.com, Account Information, "Email Address:" and change it to the desired reply destination of personal@me.com. (Don't change the address in the "User Name:" field, though).

Now all mail sent from info@1.com will show up as From personal@me.com, so replies will go to personal@me.com.

Don't know how to send the first email with a From header of info@1.com, though.

Would that work for you?
Brian33.
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That actually might do it, I'll have a look tonight (not near my macs right now).

I actually got a hold of someone who scripts and he's going to look at the one linked above~
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

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Brian33 said:
The following does not add a Reply-To header, but changes the From header so all the replies go where you want them to -- works for me:
Would that work for you?
Brian33.
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That doesn't work. That has nothing to do with replies. It only changes the email address used in composing a new message.
 
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