Basil Chupin
08/21/05 1:32 PM >>> James Knott wrote: What I normally do is to Reply to All then delete all the private addresses in the header and alter the CC pointing to this list to TO.
Well, bucking this trend, I actually like getting both replies. There are generally quite a few people on this list that watch a thread with interest with no need to comment, so replying to the list for that is good. However if I ask a question and see a reply directly to me, as well as the list, I know it's specifically towards my question which I like as it's easier to spot these in the middle of the 100+ e-mails per day I receive on this list. It's also nice because if you feel a reply is warranted, but not suitable to the whole list, you have the option of only replying to the poster directly, thus reducing the amount of replies less relevent to the whole list. Deleting 1 additional e-mail is really not much effort. I think at the end of the day it's the list manager's descision. There are many list 'standards' that people will always find annoying, such as the 'reply to all' and 'top or bottom post' but ultimately I find that 'just getting on with it' is the best policy, and not adding something else to worry about in your life is generally a better, and less stressful way of going about day-to-day affairs. SteveC