On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, aphro wrote about, Re: Mailing list headers [Was Re: ssh vs
telnet - which is faster?]:
> the guy is too picky, if somene asks for help they should take it in any
> form it comes in, getting 1 or 2 extra mails is not a big deal, sometimes
> i get 20 mails about 1 thing, takes just an extra minute of time to filter
> and delete the duplicates.
>
> if i replied to a message like that I would go out of my way to
> CC: because those CAPS are more annoying then any cc:.
>
> my 0.01
Nate, since you started a ball rolling i'll chip in with my 0.001's worth.
I always say, and so do most mailing list operators and maintainers, do not
cross post. Its as easy as that. So i must conclude that everyone who has
chipped in here is correct in what they have said.
If someone askes a question and he wants to send it to other mailing lists
as well thats fine by me, BUT (oops my caps lock ceeased up) not in one
mail, a seperate mail to each list is the "normal thing to do".
> nate
>
> On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Kenneth Stephen wrote:
>
> pgmr >On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Steve Lamb wrote:
> pgmr >
> pgmr >> Friday, December 10, 1999, 4:04:47 AM, RAVIKANT wrote:
> pgmr >> > * DO NOT BOTHER CC-ING THE MAIL REPLY , BECAUSE I AM ALREADY SUBSCRIBED TO
> pgmr >> > ALL THE LISTS - ILUGC , LINUX-INDIA , LINUX-NEWBIE , DEBIAN-USER *
> pgmr >>
> pgmr >> Might I suggest having them set reply-tos like all proper lists so people
> pgmr >> don't have to munge headers to get to the right list or get bounces from
>lists
> pgmr >> they are not subscribed to?
> pgmr >>
> pgmr >Steve,
> pgmr >
> pgmr > I think that this is a bad suggestion since there are some people
> pgmr >(such as me) who use the Reply-To headers to ensure that the recipients
> pgmr >have a valid reply address to reply to us. If the mailing list rewrites
> pgmr >the Reply-To by putting itself in that header, then the valid reply
> pgmr >address is lost.
> pgmr >
> pgmr > Furthermore, I think that the original problem of getting two
> pgmr >copies of the same mail can be solved easily by using procmail.
> pgmr >
> pgmr >Regards,
> pgmr >Kenneth
> pgmr >
> pgmr >
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> pgmr >
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