regarding the reply address on the list....INTERESTING

From: Rich Lafferty <rich_at_alcor.concordia.ca>
Date: Thu Feb 3 09:02:28 2000

On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 12:38:59AM -0800, Zane H. Healy (healyzh_at_aracnet.com) wrote:
>
> Yes to everything! I just got home, and found that with the machine I use
> at home that this is even more of a royal pain! It looks like Eudora Pro
> doesn't have a group reply. I thought this was a pain in the neck with
> 'elm', and yes, multiple people have pointed out "Group Reply", but I don't
> consider sending the person who's message I'm replying to, two copies
> acceptable behavior! I know *I* don't want two copies everytime someone
> replies to something I wrote.

Surely, being a collector of old computers, you're adept enough with them
to delete an address before you send a message? (I fail to see what's
difficult about this.)
 
> Here is something else to consider, there have got to be list members that
> have to pay *PER MINUTE* connection fees (remember those? *I* sure do).
> You do a group reply to those folks, you're costing them money!

So don't send two messages. This is a straw man, and you know it.

I'm beginning to think that someone's replaced the subscription list
of classiccmp with a bunch of lusers. Don't you people know how to use
a mail client yet?

  -Rich

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Received on Thu Feb 03 2000 - 09:02:28 GMT

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