[ILUG] double

[Vincent Cunniffe]

Silvan delaney wrote:

> 21/09/2001 13:05:04, Vincent Cunniffe <vincent at cunniffe.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Silvan delaney wrote:
>>
>>
>>>can someone enlighten me about this one:
>>>lately whenever i receive mail from  ilug at linux.ie  i get from certain "authors" the message twice.
>>>like double?
>>>
>>
>>Because the ILUG mail configuration is to send replies to the sender,
>>not the list, in order to ensure that accidents don't result in
>>private mail being made public.
>>
>>People tend to hit 'Reply All' when they want to reply to the list,
>>because they're lazy and couldn't be arsed editing the headers ;-)
>>
> 
> so you gave me a hint with the little sledge- hammer?
> someone (ilug list person) was telling me befor to hit reply all so that everyone can see?


Reply : mail goes to person who sent the original mail *only*
Reply-All : mail goes to list and original person, resulting in 2 mails to them

Reply-All and remove original mailer : mail goes to list only.


Vin