Re: mail is sent double

Britt Klein (tierna@agora.rain.com)
Fri, 10 Dec 1993 21:25:23 -0800 (PST)

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Timo Salmi <ts@brando.uwasa.fi> says:

> Of course it happens to you (and to anyone getting an email reply),
> if the fellow users keep on applying a Carbon Copy (Cc:) to
> faq-maintainers@MIT.EDU. One should edit the reply header and reply
> to (To:) faq-maintainers@MIT.EDU, with no carbon copy. A note I
> made almost immediately after joining this fine mailing list a
> couple of months ago. That is all there is to it.
>
> Take a close look at the header of this email message of mine and
> you'll see what should be the best way, assuming I intend this to
> everyone on the list, instead of a private discussion with you only.

I simply forward instead of replying, pull the "(fwd)" from the subject
line, and edit a tiny bit to reflect whom I am responding to, unless it is
a private reply.
I've found it simpler than replying, actually.

(Timo, how come your stuff doesn't pipe through more in Elm and most everyone
else's does? Nevermind, minor thing.)

- Britt

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