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Date:      Thu, 4 Nov 1999 19:01:48 -0600
From:      Oscar Bonilla <obonilla@fisicc-ufm.edu>
To:        Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
Cc:        Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: reply to field
Message-ID:  <19991104190148.A38726@fisicc-ufm.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19991104185432.T602@holly.calldei.com>
References:  <199911050041.QAA49569@rah.star-gate.com> <19991104185432.T602@holly.calldei.com>

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On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 06:54:32PM -0600, Chris Costello wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 04, 1999, Amancio Hasty wrote:
> > Curious, why is the reply field in the email header not set
> > to the originating mailing list? Just thought that it will make
> > it easier to reply to postings to the mailing lists so people don't
> > get multiple copies of the same message. I don't have such
> > problem because I have a mail filter which delete duplicate
> > messages.
> 
> a.) Your message is off-topic.  Please don't post this sort of
>     thing to -current anymore.

agreed.

> b.) I think it's useful.  When someone responds to me on the
>     list, I get a copy in my main mailbox and in the mailbox
>     where I keep messages for that list.
> 

this has been discussed in depth on the mailing lists.
search for it and you'll find pleny of reasons why to set/not set 
the reply to field.

regards,

-oscar

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