Date   : Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:19:29 -0000
From   : cwhill@... (Colin)
Subject: Mailing list headers (was: BBC Master 128 problem)

>
> If I receive a message from a list, I want the reply to go /back/
> to the list.
>
> If I get a message from a list and I /don't/ want to send a
> response to the list, it is my responsibility (via my email
> client) to dig out the post's actual author and reply to them
> directly.
>
> I've had to continously munge my mail processing software to keep
> up with the variety of broken headers the list sends me.
>
> -- 
> J.G.Harston - jgh@... - mdfs.net/User/JGH
> BBC BASIC for 30+ platforms - http://mdfs.net/Software/BBCBasic
>
Well I have  a habit of hitting the "Reply all" if I can as many of the
lists I am on have the "Reply" go direct to the sender so it's easier
because if there is only one sender, then that's all that comes up. If, on
the other hand, there is more than one (say, the list and the sender) then I
just delete the one I don't want or, as some others do by accident now and
then, two go out. Oh well, it doesn't take much to delete the duplicate).
Yes, I know I have, on occasions, hit the "reply button in error (he says,
checking this one) but it's just one of those things. This particular list
sends "reply" as a private message. I just need to look at the "To" in the
reply to tell me. Doesn't take that much time.
Colin Hill