From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 2 07:52:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5B8316A420 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 07:52:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ow.mun.heng@wdc.com) Received: from wdscexfe02.sc.wdc.com (wdscexfe02.sc.wdc.com [129.253.170.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22BC243D48 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 07:52:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ow.mun.heng@wdc.com) Received: from neuromancer.home.net ([129.253.108.208]) by wdscexfe02.sc.wdc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 23:52:27 -0800 Received: from neuromancer.home.net (neuromancer.home.net [127.0.0.1]) by neuromancer.home.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k227pmre015898; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:51:49 +0800 From: Ow Mun Heng To: David Scheidt In-Reply-To: <20060302062521.GA11301@panix.com> References: <20060228114219.GA7338@rebelion.Sisis.de> <440438BE.9070304@redry.net> <1141182799.28393.20.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <20060301062944.GA2107@rebelion.Sisis.de> <1141197872.28549.3.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <20060301083332.GA44352@holestein.holy.cow> <1141203056.28549.7.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <20060302062521.GA11301@panix.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:51:48 +0800 Message-Id: <1141285908.5476.1.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.92 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Mar 2006 07:52:28.0122 (UTC) FILETIME=[407E63A0:01C63DCE] Cc: f-q Subject: Re: Recipient list on FreeBSD mailing lists X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 07:52:34 -0000 On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 01:25 -0500, David Scheidt wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 04:50:56PM +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > > Various other mailing lists dictates that posters reply to the list and > > not the list _and_ the OP. > > > > Guess this is different. > > > > I still prefer for messages to be sent to the list. > > Most people reading FreeBSD mailing lists are doing so in their spare > time, or are only following things they find interesting. I delete 99% > of -questions without reading it, because I know from the subject > lines that someone will already have answered the question before I > get around to reading -questions, which is maybe two or three times a > week. I expect that's typical. CC'ing the recipient helps insure > that they see the response. I get the idea. Okay then, I'll abide. (anyway, it's easier for me now then, since I don't have to manually cut the "cc" to the "to" -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 15:50:45 up 1 day, 3:07, 3 users, load average: 2.44, 3.02, 2.82