Re: Posting to this list

I agree with cutting off the PHP footers...no need to transmit them over and over and over. However, when I reply (which is not as often as I'd like...due mostly to time constraints and the fact that the same questions get asked repeatedly and I just get bored with them), I only post to the list. The reason is because if someone bothered to ask in here, they can bother to find their answers here. Of course, when things get too specific or OT, then it goes private. I once wrote out an answer on PHP-DB (my favorite hangout) and didn't send it because I noticed when chopping off the PHP footers that the author said at the tail end of his/her message that they weren't subscribed. I thought...well, they're missing out! I have no time to be plunging through >500 messages a day on the combined lists that I'm on (2 PHP, 6 ISP-LISTS, a couple of vendor lists, etc.), but I do it anyway. Doug At 04:18 PM 7/7/00 -0500, Matthew Leverton wrote: >I reply to the original author (or whoever is asking the question) >and the list. > >Reason is: >A. Not everyone who posts is subscribed (or uses different address >like me ... ) >B. It is usually beneficial for everyone to see the answer > >If it gets into a detailed one-on-one, I then take it privately. > >Note to everyone: Please cut off those 4 line PHP footers when >you reply. Just one of those things that annoy me seeing 5 lines >of email and 30 lines of footers. :) > >-- >Matthew Leverton - matthew@aeroinc.net - >http://www.allegro.cc > >-----Original Message----- > >>To anyone/everyone: >> >>When posting a response to an email on this list, should I: >> >>1. reply only to the list? >>2. reply to the author and to the list? >>3. reply to the author and cc to this list? >> >>I have seen it done all three ways. >> >>Is there a Best Way(tm)? >> >>Regards, >>Carroll Barrett >>