Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:12:35 +0100 From: arg AT whangomatic DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk (Andrew R. Gillett) Subject: Re: A question about this newsgroup To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <37c74d1b.1997011@newsserver.cc.monash.edu.au> X-Mailer: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.12 Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, Davin McCall wrote: > >maybe this is a dumb question... > >i've noticed many people here have their reply-to adderess set to > >djgpp AT delorie DOT com > >why is that? > > I think it is because this "newsgroup" is also a mailing list. All > mailing list messages are also sent to the newsgroup, and the reply > address is djgpp AT delorie DOT com so that all replies get back to the > mailing list. Except that they don't. When I reply to a post, I reply to it in the newsgroup. It won't use the reply-to address unless I specifically choose to reply directly to the author. Also, what about new threads which are started on the newsgroup? Should I be CCing all my newsgroup posts to djgpp AT delorie DOT com (as I am with this one)? If so, there should be a newsgroup FAQ which tells people to do this, instead of assuming they'll find out by telepathy. -- Andrew Gillett http://argnet.fatal-design.com/ ICQ: See homepage "I am not a hobby horse, oh no. I am a hobby lion, which is the king of the hobby kingdom and much better than a horse which is rubbish." - Simon Quinlank