Re: When is a reply not a reply?

Tim Spofford (tims@spof.org)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:23:43 -0700


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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At 01:15 PM 09/12/1999 -0700, you wrote:

>I still don't think it's a problem, and would like to know what is so bad
>about the originator getting 2 copies of a reply.

It's only a problem for me when the list owner asks us to do something
that's inconsistent with the way the listserv is configured. I've been on
here a couple of years and haven't said a word about it until now. I've
been moderating or maintaining lists or list-like discussions since 1988
(one list now, 4 or 5 fidonet echos in the past) and between work and home
I subscribe to six lists currently. I've never before encountered one
that worked this way.

I'm done. I raised the issue. I don't care if it's changed or not. I'll
keep doing what I've been doing which, in most cases and unintentionally,
results in my replies going to the sender of the original and not to the
list. Clearly it's not a problem for others so I'm not going to let it be
for me.