[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On 27 Aug 1999, Steve Youngs wrote:
>
> > Hey People!
> >
> > Why is it that practically everyone on this list insists on sending
> > copies of their replies to both the list and all the previous posters
> > in the thread?
> >
> Your average MUA replies to From:, and the only option is reply to all
> recipients. In order to include the list, folks choose that, and drag
> all previous posters along kicking and screaming. Sure it's iggorant.
> Isn't everybody? :-)
Unfortunately, most people are ignorant at times (myself included).
Perhaps the answer to this is either people take a couple of extra
seconds to see what they are doing, or, use an "above average" MUA,
such as Gnus. :-)
> Besides, I am so busy telling people how to get
> off the list I don't have time to think about it.
It's that ignorance thing again. If only there was some way we could
make people save messages that they are told to save...
> True, it is a great waste of bandwidth which could be better used by
> people browsint the &&&&storm of advertising that is the world wide web.
There is even an answer for this. Somewhere out there on the 'net
somebody has come up with a program (yes it's Linux) that stops those
horrible banner advertisements from loading. Sorry, I can't give you
a URL or even a name. A friend of mine has it and I haven't yet taken
a look at it. But he tells me that it decreases the time it takes to
dl a web page quite significantly.
> > To all of you I say: REPENT! For Cc'ing on a mailing list will put
> > you on the path to the dark side of the force.
>
> Alright, already. I have repented. If you get more than one copy of
> this, something besides me is defective. I had to delete you from tthe
> To: and substitute linux-newbie, but that's not really so hard. It just
> doesn't occur to people that they can and should tell their MUA what
> they want it to do,
Thanks for doing your bit. :-)
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