Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 09:27:09 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com (Ow Mun Heng) Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recipient list on FreeBSD mailing lists Message-ID: <200603011427.k21ER9YB029673@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <1141203056.28549.7.camel@neuromancer.home.net>
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> > 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? This is the most general and public of the mailing lists for FreeBSD so it is managed in that most open of ways. I beleive some spam blocking is employed though. ////jerry > > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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