[SWLUG] Reply-To on lists

Chris M. Jackson chriscf at gmail.com
Fri May 19 12:18:43 UTC 2006


On 5/19/06, Julian Hall <lists at kaotic.co.uk> wrote:
> example, I click Reply All to this message, then Justin and Dave get
> two copies each as well as the list.  I've noticed quite a lot in
> mails replying to this list that more than one copy goes out.  It's

... and if they're using sensible mail clients, it identifies
(correctly) from the Message-Id: header that they are duplicates, and
(hopefully) discards one copy.

> IMHO those who complain about alleged munging should think about the
> bandwidth being wasted by multiple copies of the same email flying around.

Yes, I imagine a few extra copies of tiny email messages will bring
the Internet *screeching* to a halt ...

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Chris Jackson
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