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Re: Mailing list

Brian Edmonds
29 Sep 1998 10:17:18 -0700

R Garth Wood <
> writes:
> Would the mailing list maintainer please add a reply-to
>
to all the mailing list mail so that replies to
> don't get recieved twice.

No. See http://www.unicom.com/FAQ/reply-to-harmful.html for details as
to why. Quite simply, it is a user education issue. Everyone on the
list should:

1) read the list etiquette faq:
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html
2) use a mailer that easily lets them edit the recipient list
3) only send mail where it should really be going

This is basic politeness in the online world, and is not rocket science.

Brian.