Re: Mailing list headers
On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 04:41 PM, Hubert Chan wrote:
"Paul" == Paul Baker <pbaker@where2getit.com> writes:
[...]
Paul> See, I look at what the person I'm replying to does. If I see
that
Paul> when they reply to the thread, they send mail to the person and
to
Paul> the list, then I send an email to them and the list. If I see
that
Paul> they only mail the list, then when I reply to their post, I only
Paul> email the list. Every MUA displays who a message was sent to. Do
Paul> on to others as you would have done on to you.
Uhm. So what makes you have the list in BOTH the To: and Cc: headers?
When I send the mail I debian-curiosa@lists.debian.org in the Cc,
because I hit reply to all and then remove the senders name form the
To: line. I'm guessing that the mailing list software adds it to the
To: when it receives it.
A couple other problems:
-you don't know what to do if you're replying to the first post of a
thread (so you'll have to pick a default action)
I don't first post.
and
-the person that you're replying to might send a copy to the person
and the list because that person had requested to be Cc'ed.
I don't care enough, or I've been following the thread long enough to
know which is the case.
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Paul Baker
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