[Gllug] How to reply to mails??

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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Bruce Richardson murmured woefully:
> On this list, the reply-to address is munged to be the list's address;
> hitting reply will normally send the message to the list (some mail
> clients will give you a choice).  "Reply to All" is normally a bad
> choice on a list, since it sends a copy to the sender and the list so
> the original sender receives two copies.

This depends on the list. On many development lists, especially
high-traffic ones like linux-kernel, it's the norm to copy everyone
involved in a conversation (which can lead to ridiculously long Cc:
lines); many developers spot duplicates arriving directly to them and
via the list and prioritize such mails up on the basis that they're
directly involved.

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