Ben Ruppel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ben Bucksch wrote:
>
>> Rationale: Users who post followups when they should send e-mail
>> replies, or vice versa, seem to be an endemic problem. They are
>> almost always using software that doesn't make the difference
>> clear, or doesn't even provide both commands.
>
> Sorry, but why is sending an email reply and a post to a newsgroup
> so bad? That way, the original poster is guaranteed to get an
> answer if he forgets to check the newsgroup, and other people
> interested in the answer can become enlightened as well. Makes
> sense to me.
Because many people read their newsgroups, and don't need them
invading their private time.
That's why support for Mail-Copies-To is so desirable. Let the
original poster, not the respondent, decide whether copies are welcome.
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