Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:50:56 +0800 From: Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com> To: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recipient list on FreeBSD mailing lists Message-ID: <1141203056.28549.7.camel@neuromancer.home.net> 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>
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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? > > 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
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