Stut wrote:
It's also worth noting that since subscriptions is not required to post to these lists there's no guarantee that the OP will get your reply if you don't include their address. IOW you're asking us to deprive a number of developers seeking assistance of our replies because you can't get your own $%*£ in order. How does that make you feel?
Why is it that it's not ok to top post, but it's perfectly fine to not subscribe to the list? It's extremely rude and arrogant to post to the list and expect people to respond to you personally. In fact, people get all up in arms if someone requests it.
I don't reply-all. If I have an answer that will help someone, I post it to the list. If they can't be bothered to subscribe to see my reply, tough cookies. The question went to the list; the response went to the list. (I feel just fine about this, btw. Thank you for your concern.)
I do not believe either my email client or my email server are improperly configured. When you reply all, you are posting to a newsgroup and to an email address -- two completely separate entities. I don't think it's out of the ordinary to expect that I would get multiple copies of the same message in that instance.
All that said, it's a matter of group etiquette to do things one way over another (ex: top-posting). Maybe the reply-all etiquette should be re-addressed?
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