Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:51:48 +0800 From: Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng@wdc.com> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@panix.com> Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recipient list on FreeBSD mailing lists Message-ID: <1141285908.5476.1.camel@neuromancer.home.net> In-Reply-To: <20060302062521.GA11301@panix.com> 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> <1141203056.28549.7.camel@neuromancer.home.net> <20060302062521.GA11301@panix.com>
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On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 01:25 -0500, David Scheidt wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 04:50:56PM +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > > 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. > > Most people reading FreeBSD mailing lists are doing so in their spare > time, or are only following things they find interesting. I delete 99% > of -questions without reading it, because I know from the subject > lines that someone will already have answered the question before I > get around to reading -questions, which is maybe two or three times a > week. I expect that's typical. CC'ing the recipient helps insure > that they see the response. I get the idea. Okay then, I'll abide. (anyway, it's easier for me now then, since I don't have to manually cut the "cc" to the "to" -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 15:50:45 up 1 day, 3:07, 3 users, load average: 2.44, 3.02, 2.82
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