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From: "Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
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To: Richard Hoskins <rmh AT interlaced DOT net>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 23:27:30 +0100
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References: dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk's message of Mon, 17 Mar 97 18:26:36 +0000
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On 17 Mar 97 (at 16:31) Richard Hoskins became famous by saying:

> > >> seems to have gone to the mailing list.
> > >I can only second that! Gene, please, please... ;-)))
> > 
> > Thirded. (Look, I cut most of the text, it's not a *real* ME TOO post...)
> > 
> > 
> 
> Then how would you easily reply to *just* the author?  We should
Hmmm... haven't thought about that. But we can use the Cc: instead - put 
opendos AT tacoma DOT net just there - then all is done automagically. If you want 
to reply just to the original sender, you delete the Cc: contents which is a 
one-time operation.

> *discourage* replies to this list.   
> 
> Can't you guys just hit followup instead of reply?
That depends on what software you use. When I reply from Linux with Pine, 
sure, I hit followup. But most of Windoze mailer do not have such a function 
- just "reply" and "forward"

> What sort of toy mail clients are you using?
Ditto.

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