From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 1 08:54:45 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 1310516A420 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 08:54:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ow.mun.heng@wdc.com) Received: from wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com (wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com [129.253.170.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A8143D48 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 08:54:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ow.mun.heng@wdc.com) Received: from neuromancer.home.net ([129.253.108.208]) by wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 00:54:39 -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 k218ouNS013181 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:50:57 +0800 From: Ow Mun Heng To: f-q In-Reply-To: <20060301083332.GA44352@holestein.holy.cow> 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> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:50:56 +0800 Message-Id: <1141203056.28549.7.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Mar 2006 08:54:39.0951 (UTC) FILETIME=[C66C8DF0:01C63D0D] 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: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 08:54:45 -0000 On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 03:33 -0500, Parv wrote: > in message <1141197872.28549.3.camel@neuromancer.home.net>, wrote Ow > Mun Heng thusly... > > > > PS : why is it that this list To's the replies directly to the > > person answering and cc's the list instead of To'ing the list > > only?? > The guideline is to copy both the OP and the list as not everybody > who posts a message is subscribed. I see. So that's the rules of this mail-list. er.. does this also mean that everyone can post to this list w/o registering? > > See also point 6 ... > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/article.html#AEN218 Hmm.. didn't see that. (Actually, I didn't read/search for it when I subscribed to the list) > > I personally would delete an address if the owner of that address > explicitly requests not to send him/her a copy. That would be hard to remember. > Personal judgment about the recipient list & behaviour of mail 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. Many Thanks for the explanation. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 16:48:28 up 4:05, 3 users, load average: 0.29, 0.90, 0.82