follow up...

[Chip Camden]

Quoth Chad Perrin on Sunday, 23 January 2011:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 06:18:37AM -0500, Jerry wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:31:40 +1000
> > Da Rock <freebsd-questions at herveybayaustralia.com.au> articulated:
> > 
> > > Actually the consensus on this list _is_ to hit reply all- some only
> > > get digest or are not even subscribed, so they won't receive posts
> > > only posted to the list. Unfortunately that can mean you can continue 
> > > receiving replies not necessarily directly to your own posts.
> > 
> > consensus
> > 
> > Meaning:
> > : a general agreement about something : an idea or opinion that is
> > shared by all the people in a group [singular]
> > 
> > OK, when was the vote on this issue taken? I must have been out of
> > town that week.
> 
> You and me both.  I loathe getting multiples of emails.  I'm on the list,
> so I already get a copy.  I have no problem doing a group reply by
> request when someone's not on the list or only gets digest mails, though,
> or getting duplicates as a side-effect of that -- again, *by request*.
> 
> Just spamming people with duplicates all the time for no good reason is a
> mite annoying, though.  If I was aware of a vote, I would have voted
> "list reply".
> 
> -- 
> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

+1

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