Re: [OT] Re: So, is this list dead?

Christian Roth wrote:
>>>> If you don't want to reply to the sender of the message, why are you
>>>> using Reply?
>>> Which other, more appropriate command are you suggesting?
>> Depends exactly what you _do_ want to do.
> 
> I want to reply to the list, since only by replying to the list, others
> can benefit or react to my answer. If I reply to the sender only, nobody
> else sees it, so the list would become just a list of questions.
> 
> The bad thing with "reply to sender" on lists is that mostly those who
> advocate its use don't handle it correctly, specifically: they use
> "reply to all" without editing the recipients list, which i consider
> rude: I got your message twice (once directly, once via the list), and
> am forced to handle the duplicate (i.e. delete it manually).

All the list software I've used will prevent duplicates being received.
You got a duplicate of my earlier reply because of an unrelated failure
on my part, since I initially sent from the wrong address and the list
rejected it.

- Josh