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RE: Netiquete
- To: "Cygwin Mailing list (E-mail)" <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
- Subject: RE: Netiquete
- From: "McCunney, Dennis" <DMcCunney@roper.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:10:50 -0400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clark Sims [mailto:clarksimsgnu@my-Deja.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 3:55 PM
> To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Netiquete
>
> What is the custom on this mailing list, regarding
> answers to questions? Am I supposed to write and send
> a summary? It looks like some of the replies are to me
> personally rather than the mailing list.
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Clark Sims
I think you are seeing a consequence of the way the
mailing lists work. While the message is posted to the
mailing list, it is seen by the email client as being
from you. A standard Reply will go only to you.
Reply to All will go to you _and_ the mailing list, and
you'll get two copies: the one sent to you directly,
and the one you get from the list. If a reply is sent
to All, you'll see your name in the To: field and the
list's name in the CC: field. Replies sent only to you
should have only your name in the To: field, and no CC:.
The only real alternative is to manually change the
addressing so that the reply goes _only_ to the mailing
list, so that only one copy is distributed. Whether to
send to the list or just the poster is a judgement call
based on how relevant you think the reply will be to the
rest of the list.
______
Dennis
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