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Re: List software?
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 3 Apr 2001 03:51:14 GMT
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Original-From:
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Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr^nomorespam^.com>
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Steve Baker writes:
> Chris 'Xenon' Hanson wrote:
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> > I can't enumerate the number of time's (like just a moment ago)
> > that I replied directly to the sender, not to the list, forgetting
> > to change the To line.
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> What ends up happening is that people *don't* politely edit the 'To:'
> lines - instead they hit "Reply All" and you end up with duplicate
> emails all over the place. Those of us with clunky old modems and
> poor telephony (19200bd on a *good* day) actually *care* about that!
The problem is not the list software. The problem is your email
software. You need a "Reply to Recipient" command. If your software
has such a command, use it. If your software doesn't have one,
fix it yourself. If you're stuck using software you can't change, ask
the author to fix it.
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| (...) I don't think that's commonly available - I don't see it under either PINE or Netscape 4.x (the two mailers I use regularly). The observed fact that I get duplicate replies to nearly every message I post to this list suggests that even if that (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: List software?
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| (...) Ditto. I find this *INCREDIBLY* annoying - because this is the only one of over a dozen mailing lists that I'm subscribed to that works this way. What ends up happening is that people *don't* politely edit the 'To:' lines - instead they hit (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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