Re: Replies to the list

[Graham Percival]

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Tim McNamara <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Sep 1, 2010, at 6:12 AM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>
>> If someone posts to the list
>> and he is not subscribed then replying to all does exactly the right
>> thing.  It sends the reply to the list regardless of the Reply-to field
>> and it sends a copy to the OP.
>
> There is no need to send an extra copy to the OP because he or she will get
> a copy from the listserv;

If the OP knows how to read, the OP will have set the option in the
listserv **NOT** to get such extra emails.

If the OP does not know how to read, then the mailing list will be
useless anyway.

> My guess is that
> the list loses hundreds of replies a year to the way the reply-to header is
> set.

BS.  I estimate 10-20.

- Graham