From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 04:01:41 2004 Return-Path: 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 A406716A4D0 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 04:01:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2F1243D49 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 04:01:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i0AC1QFg005995 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:01:26 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i0AC1QFp005994; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:01:26 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:01:26 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: "Loren M. Lang" Message-ID: <20040110120126.GA59292@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , "Loren M. Lang" , FreeBSD Mailing list References: <20040110010201.2ED8716A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <20040110114812.GC19505@alzatex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040110114812.GC19505@alzatex.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: FreeBSD Mailing list Subject: Re: How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:01:41 -0000 --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 03:48:12AM -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 05:02:01PM -0800, Greg Lehey wrote: > > 6. Unless there's a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender > > and to FreeBSD-questions. Many people on the FreeBSD-questions > > are "lurkers": they learn by reading messages sent and replied to > > by others. If you take a message which is of general interest off > > the list, you're depriving these people of their information. Be > > careful with group replies; lots of people send messages with > > hundreds of CCs. If this is the case, be sure to trim the Cc: > > lines appropriately. > Hmmm... seems like I remember this as a big no-no on some other list, > as it stated that most people who submitted messages were probably also > subscribed, and it was an irritation to them to see duplicates to all > the replies. I know I am slightly annoyed when I see that, but only > slightly. It finished saying that anyone who wanted a personal reply to > state so, but if they didn't, I'd hate not knowing if they received my > reply just because I assumed they were subscribed. FreeBSD-questions is a special case: as it's the most prominently advertised support contact point, the expectation is that a large fraction of the participants won't be members of the list. It's also the case that we want answers to go to the list, as then the list archives form a kind of knowledge-base whereby people can help themselves. Now that the FreeBSD lists are managed using Mailman, you have the option not to receive any message to a mailing list where your address is already listed in the To: or CC: headers. I think it's set to "Yes" by default. Personally, I just hit 'g' in mutt. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE//+mWdtESqEQa7a0RAtApAJ44Tm7yc1pFTOPF7nz+YgV6sjvFDACdFAL/ e5KVin9sfznXkeMFVFoUuyc= =lU22 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO--