On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 00:28, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> ons, 31.03.2004 kl. 19.42 skrev Rick DeNatale:
> 
> > I've had a lot of trouble lately in replying to message from folks like
> > Jeffrey and Not Zed who reply directly to me and CC the list, without a
> > reply-to header. The default for reply seems to be a direct reply rather
> > than reply to list, which I guess makes sense, but it doesn't seem to
> > have worked that way.
> 
> OT rant: Anybody but anybody who replies /both/ to me and the list, be
> it reply/cc or cc/reply, immediately gets deleted from my inbox without
> me reading his message. That includes Ximian notables, Openldap
> notables, Postfix notables, whoever. I obviously read the lists I
> subscribe to and answer there. Obviously the above doesn't include
> private mail :)
> 
> --Tonni

It's a lot easier to set up procmail to eliminate dups, than to change
the behavior of a LARGE fraction of the internet.

Replying to both, of course, happens because it's often easier few the
human replying, and typically only wastes a few cycles.

-- 
Dan Stromberg DCS/NACS/UCI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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