On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Ole Kofoed Hansen wrote: oh> At 04:12 18-04-00, you wrote: oh> >Ole Kofoed Hansen writes: oh> > oh> > > At 02:19 18-04-00, you wrote: oh> > > >I've set up my mail clients so that the mail generated on this list will oh> > > >be directed to a folder, making it more legible, but if people start oh> > > >bccing to the list, I can't filter that! BCC stands for Blind Carbon oh> > > >Copy, and there's no way for me to filter it if I cannot see that you're oh> > > >sending it to suse-linux-e@suse.com. Besides I think others are thinking oh> > > >just like me and don't like to have mails messing each other up. oh> > > >Please only CC them to the mailing list...... oh> > > oh> > > I would go so far as to say: Simply send them to the list. If someone oh> > > has asked a question on the list, he/she is a member and will get oh> > > the mail anyway (otherwise the question would have never gotten out oh> > > to the list). oh> > oh> >I agree. oh> oh> Obviously you don't. Or perhaps you misunderstood me. (or pushed the oh> wrong button.) oh> oh> I meant, simply send the reply with the list address in the To: field oh> and nothing else... No Cc:, no Bcc: Simply to the list. oh> Well, seeing as how you use a windows program to do your emailing, it's a little different when doing it with pine or mutt, which are typically what gets used by the majority of the users using linux. When you do a reply on THIS list, you have the option of emailing all recipients, or just the person who sent the message, in this case you for the message this response is addressed. Well, because it's easier to message all recipients, rather then delete the To: line and reinsert the SuSE list address in the To: line spot, this results in a message going to YOU as well as a Cc: or Bcc: to the list. There are ways to prevent this by writing special procmail rules that fix this, but don't expect it. I happen to have written my own procmail rules which take care of this as well as delete duplicate messages that come to me via Cc:, Bcc: and/or To: so that I only get one message, but I'm one in a HUGE list of other users on this particular list. Also, before you ask, the list is setup to put the authors email in the To: line to prevent mail loops which have occured here in the past due to badly written procmail rules, limited size of email boxes, etc.. :) oh> >Isn't that what a mailing list is for? oh> oh> Sure, what else. oh> oh> Regards oh> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/