Re: How to answer
Nobody ever did the reverse, when I set my mail-copies-to to my email, so
why should the courtesy be one-sided? I guess I'll reset the header, but
I doubt it'll do any good.
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Colin Watson wrote:
>On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:35:44AM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote:
>> Paul Scott wrote:
>> > Using Mozilla I hit Reply then I change the "To:" field to
>> > debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> > and go about editing the message. (Occaasionially I forget and the
>> > reply goes to the original poster and not to the group).
>>
>> I tend to reply to the list, and to the original poster. I have two
>> email-adreses, one only for the list, and one (Which I set as Reply-To:)
>> for private mail. If, for some reason, I cannot look throught the list,
>> I still have the copy that comes directly to me.
>
>Many people object to being cc'ed (and so having to remember whether
>they've replied to one copy of the message when they've encountered the
>other one). If there's a Mail-Followup-To: header or a 'Mail-Copies-To:
>nobody', it's a good idea to honour it.
>
>
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