Re: informix-list Reply to:

} } Jack Parker wrote: } : } : > } : > Why does the reply to field for informix-list mail i receive always } : > default to the poster/mailer instead of informix-list? Other listserv's } : > that I belong to do this and it's much easier to save messages and to } : > reply correctly when the Reply to: is set to informix-list. } : } : Not at all. Most of the time when I reply I don't wish to waste bandwidth, } : not to mention the embarassment potential by posting to the entire group. } : I always mail to the poster FIRST. Exceptions to this rule are messages of } : public interest (such as this one), or messages which bounced. } : } } Seems to me that not posting to the listserv is defeating the purpose of } the listserv. If someone asks a question and you reply privately, others } in the list don't see the results. In Usenet groups, you see a lot of } "email me too" posts when someone asks a question and then asks for an } email response. Very true, although that is less true of this group. The sperform question just now is a fine example. Over the next several days we are going to get flooded with people saying 'set DBPATH'. Personally I think it is the requestors option/responsibility to post a summary of the answers (s)he receives. j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker | Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| He who talks most, talks least. jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com | _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________