Re: qsecretary notice

Simon Morgan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 30/08/05, Jeff King <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You've just spent time composing an email that you expect the entire
> > list to read; is it really too much to ask that you spend an additional
> > 5 seconds hitting 'r' to reply?
> 
> Sorry, I didn't realise you had to do it each time you posted a
> message and therefore thought something was amiss. I still don't
> understand why it's necessary, or rather why subscription is necessary
> when you're basically repeating the process with each post.

You're not.  

  (1) Subscribing tells the list server to send you copies of list messages.

  (2) Responding to a qsecretary message confirms you wrote the message it is
  challenging you about.  

The two processes are unrelated.

Charles
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