Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 12:36:29AM -0600, Richard Rauch wrote:
> > > > (Sorry for not getting back to you for a couple of days.  I should
> > > > probably add to my .signature, ``Please CC directly to me if replying
> > > > to me on a mailing list.''  (^&)
> > >
> > > Others do not like to get messages twice ;).
> > 
> > I know.  It's hard to be sure which is best in any given situation.  (But
> > if I put the note in my .signature, there would be no doubt.  (^&)
> 
> And IMO it is all majordomo@netbsd.org's fault, since the "From:" is not
> the mailing-list.  So if you just reply it doesn't hit the list, and if
> you group reply (or reply all, whatever) people complain about getting two
> copies.  Since this is a mailing list, IMHO, the mail should appear to be
> coming from the list, so when the casual user hits reply it goes to the
> list as expected.

This has been discussed SO many times!  That's what the friggin
Mail-Followup-To header is for.  Google for it and you will see the
light.  Please, let's take this and other netiquette disucssions off
this list.

-Jan

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