Re: [ jEdit-users ] mac osx and the ctrl key

[Steve J. <ste...@wi...>]

Hello Kazutoshi,

On 22-May-09, at 3:02 PM, Kazutoshi Satoda wrote:
> But I don't understand why you hate that so much. Do you get a
> duplicated mail?

During the last year, and more and more frequently, I've been  
receiving 2 and sometimes 3 copies of list messages as people use  
"reply all" indiscriminately. In my own correspondence I take time to  
ensure that a reply goes to the list (rendering it searchable in the  
archives), and only to the list. I consider this basic mailing list  
etiquette. To do otherwise would be lazy and inconsiderate. The sender  
is essentially saying to the recipient(s), "my time is more important  
than yours".

Like any other spam, duplicate messages clog my inbox and require  
extra time and effort on my part. One might argue that the time  
required to remove a duplicate message is small, but I would respond  
that the time it takes to ensure that the message is properly  
addressed in the first place is equally small. If I remain silent then  
I tacitly condone the practice. If this practice becomes accepted,  
though, the effect is cumulative for the recipient, resulting in  
increasing amounts of wasted time.

> While I have received such posts many times on jedit-devel and
> jedit-users, the mail is not duplicated. Each reply comes as only one
> mail which have my address on its To: and the list address on its CC:.
>
> I think the ML manager on sourceforge.net has some trick not to send
> duplicated mail for subscribers. Do you have any idea why the trick
> doesn't for you but works for me?

No, I'm not familiar with the particulars of the mailer on  
SourceForge. I suspect that although this could work for messages sent  
to both the users and devel lists (though it appears not to work for  
me at least), this solution would not work for messages addressed to a  
personal email address as they wouldn't go through SourceForge, but  
would be routed directly.

Steve Jakob