On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 07:30:49PM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > This question has been nagging me every time I reply to some post. What > is the recommended way to reply to any message? > > If I use "reply-to-all", icedove adds the original sender in the "To:" > field and the debian-user address in the "CC:" field. If I send it in > this way, will the sender receive two posts? I never received multiple > replies to any of my posts, so I think the list software probably > doesn't send out multiple copies to the same recipient. Am I correct in > assuming this?
No. If you send to two recipeints: the list and a person, the list can't un-send your message to the person. You would have been sending two. Mutt has a 'list reply' which only sends to the list. I don't know about icedove. > > In case I was mistaken, my apologies to everyone who has been spammed by > multiple mails from me :) > > Or should I delete the sender's address from the list? I should probably > leave the sender's address as it is if they ask to be cc'd for not being > on the list. What about the other cases? > Other cases: the code of conduct for debian lists says to just send to the list. > I know this question is fairly elementary, but thought I'd better get my > basics straight instead of continuing to annoy people with my ignorance. Thanks. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
