As you know, to reply to the list server, you have to click on Reply to All.
Some people simply neglect to delete one of the two email addresses that then appear in the "To:" field. As that only takes a couple of seconds, I have to conclude that some laziness is involved. I subscribe to another list (nothing to do with metrication) where Reply and Reply to All produce the same result as one another -- just the list server's email address in the "To:" field. Apparently Colorado State University's list server software is unable to format its message headers to do the same thing. (Or, possibly, it does, but Don Hillger doesn't have the means to change the configuration for his particular list, independent of the other lists hosted by the same software.) The advantage of the current setup is, of course, is that it's easy to send a private reply -- simply by clicking on Reply. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 09:13 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:19531] Duplicate messages > > > I occasionally get duplicate messages. I am beginning to suspect that > one is from the mailing list and one is direct. Does this happen to > others? > > -- > Terry Simpson > Human Factors Consultant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.connected-systems.com > Phone: +44 7850 511794 > >
