On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, at 9:29am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm on many, many lists where people post who aren't members ...
Fine. GNHLUG is not one of them. :-) > ... and in order to reply to them and ensure the list itself maintains the > thread, you must "Reply to all". 8^P People who post to a list and are not members of the list should not expect to be part of the discussion. Personally, I consider people who post and include "please CC me as I'm not on the list" to be twits. If you want to participate, subscribe to the darn list. If you don't want to participate, why are you posting in the first place? It's a two-way street. Or it should be, anyway. On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, at 12:03pm, Bob Bell wrote: > Which is why mail clients should set the Mail-Followup-To header ... While I think Mail-Followup-To is a good idea, unfortunately, most MUAs do not support it. Even if they did, some lists strip headers they do not recognize. Some lists add Reply-To. Some *users* add Reply-To. Some lists allow posts from non-members; others do not. There is nothing consistent. The practical upshot is: It is never good netiquette to invoke a "reply" command on a list and just blindly accept whatever your MUA comes up with. Responsible listmembers will check, and if needed, edit, their headers. That is the point I was trying to make when I kicked off this thread. :-) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
