On 02/10/2016 09:24 AM, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 10:08 AM, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com
> <mailto:pierce@hogranch.com>>wrote:
>
> On 2/10/2016 8:51 AM, Pierre Chevalier Géologue wrote:
>> PPS: how should I behave on this list: should I systematically
>> "reply to all", or just "reply" to the list? I'm used to a number
>> of mailing lists where a simple "reply" automatically replies to
>> the list, and the rule obliges you to **only** use "reply".
>
>
> Thunderbird offers me both 'reply' and 'reply list' buttons for the
> messages on this list.
>
> most of the lists I'm on, a simple reply IS a reply list, as they
> wish to encourage discussions rather than private responses. I
> personally dislike 'reply all' as I'm ON the list so why send me
> another CC ?
Go here:
https://mail.postgresql.org/mj/mj_wwwusr/domain=postgresql.org?func=lists-long-full&extra=pgsql-general
And in settings check:
eliminatecc
Select this if you do not want two copies when someone sends a
message both to you and to the list.
>
>
> It lets me distinguish between the list threads that I haven't responded
> to and those that I have.
>
> From observation pretty much everyone here uses reply-to-all...I
> suspect for a similar reason.
Also if the mail server is down or overloaded(a less frequent occurrence
these days) you can carry on a conversation while the server catches up.
>
> David J.
>
>
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