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Re: "discussion" list

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

If i think the entire list can benefit from what i have to say, then i
reply to the list.  Otherwise, i reply to the sender.  Of course, if my
reply is off-topic, i'll respond privately.

I recall from old netiquette writings that it was customary to respond
privately to questions, and then the person with the question would post
a digest of the answers he got.  This may be just a holdover from the
days when the Internet community was small, and people could be expected
to behave in certain ways.  That certainly has changed today.  But
sharing the knowledge from your responses is something you can always
do, if the responses weren't posted to the list.  But beware--i think
there is also a rule against posting private e-mail to a public forum. 
Common sense should be the guide here.

gallus@flinet.com wrote:
> I noticed about 6 messages seemed to be a reply exactly back but I dont know
> how that was done.  Please send me a private message about how you did that,
> were they re-written or is it something your email program does?

I hope you don't mind that i'm not answering privately.

I use Netscape, and choose "Reply to Sender and All Recipients."  I used
to use Eudora, and i'm sure it has a "Reply to All" option.  I then
click on Address and delete the sender.  In Netscape, the original
recipients (sqft@listbot.com in this case) are Cc'd, so you also need to
change the Cc: to a To:.

>   Emails to Listbot have gone unanswered so I dont think I can ask them
> for help.
 
The page that Kevin mentioned says that they read all e-mails, but they
cannot answer all of them.
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