** Using WeBWorK **

We are currently using WW 1.9.  When I reply to email feedback from a student my address as well as the student's automatically appears in the "To" slot of my reply.  I use Outlook express, but I think the same thing happens with other mail programs.  Is there a way to get WW to prevent this from happening?

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Hi Ben,

In the webworkCourse.ph file, edit the variable $Global::defaultReply. Set it to an empty string ($Global::defaultReply = "";) if you want. The default value (see below) is set to $Global::feedbackAddress since if several people are receiving the feedback, they will all see responses any particular person sends. Here's the explaination as it appears in webworkCourse.ph.

#  Finally, when sending bulk email to students from the sendmail page, the following
#  default values are used for the From and Reply-To fields.  Normally these fields
#  are filled in and these default values are not used. More importanly, the
#  defaultReply value is also used in the Reply-To field on feedback email which students
#  can send to the feedbackAddress by hitting the feedback button. The format is the same
#  as for the feedbackAddress above.
$Global::defaultFrom = $Global::feedbackAddress;
$Global::defaultReply = $Global::feedbackAddress;

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