[plug] How to cleanup the mailing list in one easy step.

[John Summerfield]

On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, David Campbell wrote:

> Answer:
> =========
> Make sure the reply-to field does not point to the mailing list.
> 
> 
> My experience with the linux-parport mailing list is that by removing the 
> reply-to field from pointing to the mailing list MOST replies go back to 
> the originator.
> 
> People then have to conciously add the mailing list to the CC list when
> replying. The linux-parport list has 434 mail addresses (as of this 
> morning) and averages around 5 requests a day for help with no more that 2 
> replies per original request.

which means the rest of us can't benefit from usefull advice such as "how
to turn screen blanking on to that it turns off," something at least two
of us learned by accident.

It's not as if the list has much traffic...


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