Jay Moore wrote:
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?
Jay
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