Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > I post my PAW announcements and my Friday FS message to both the LUG and > the LEG. I used to do that by simply including each list in the TO field > of the message. But then some LEG subscribers got upset because they do > not like receiving messages with the [Leica] tag in the header (I have > never understood why, but the don't). So to accomodate them, I now > usually post by having the LEG as a TO recipient and the LUG as a BCC > recipient. That way the tag-averse LEGgers are happy and so am I because > the message hits both lists without me having to post two separate > messages. However, as we see from this episode, it can lead to LUGgers > replying to what they think is a private message because of the absence > of the tag in the header of my posting. I guess every solution to a > problem has unintended consequences... > > Nathan > > Martin Howard wrote: > > Austin Franklin wrote: > > > >> Hey Martin, what, exactly does "[private]" mean when two thousand people > >> read it? > >> > > > > Nathan's message appeared in my personal inbox, not my LUG box. I just > > replied to the sender (which was Nathan's address) rather than trudging > > through the header fields of the message. Some automated piece of > > equipment somewhere had changed "Reply-To:" to the LUG, but for some > > reason (presumably because Nathan cross-posted it) my email program > > didn't pick up on it as a LUG message and left it in my private inbox. > > > > Sometimes, I really hate "smart" technology. > > > > M. > > I also have the same problems with these messages on Fridays from Nathan and also don't like seeing LEG at the top and certainly don't like the fact that i could inadvertently do a reply and be replying to the LEG which I'm not on and would never see. Is not cross posting on the email lists generally frowned upon? I'm not sure. I know cross DRESSING is but how would we know?! We know when we are cross posted. We know when we are post toasted. I don't want to cross swords with Nathan a guy after my own heart in the Leica photography department but such crosstalk makes my eyes cross. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA Photography Web Sight: http://www.rabinergroup.com Email: mark@rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html