From: arg AT whangomatic DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk (Andrew R. Gillett) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: A question about this newsgroup Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:12:44 +0100 Organization: www.release-dates.co.uk Message-ID: References: <37C6DC71 DOT 8268D9A2 AT netvision DOT net DOT il> <37c74d1b DOT 1997011 AT newsserver DOT cc DOT monash DOT edu DOT au> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-121.name51.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: news5.svr.pol.co.uk 935856817 7620 62.136.185.121 (28 Aug 1999 16:13:37 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Aug 1999 16:13:37 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse AT theplanet DOT net X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.12 Lines: 23 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com 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