31 Jan
2022
31 Jan
'22
9:09 p.m.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 10:29:21PM -0800, Andrew R Gross wrote:
Wow, that was a great explanation. Thank you.
My next question is how I should best respond. If I understand correctly,
replying sends the email to just the original sender, but replying all
sends it to the whole discussion list. Is that right?
Depends on the mailing list, and to some extent the users personal
preferences. I've seen it both ways; some people like being CC'd so it
gets their attention, while others are annoyed by the duplicate messages
from both the sender and the list.
Generally, if it's a closed (must be a subscriber to send) list,
replying only to the list address is preferable. If it's an open list, I
might err on the side of reply-all-ing if I don't know that the original
sender is a subscriber.
Since I don't actually remember if this list is an open one, I kept your
email on CC.
--Sean