Re: How to answer
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.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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