Re: replies READ THIS

[cstrick@xxxxxx (Chris Strickland)]

>Hey there is something screwy going on here.
>
>Somebody has an automatic reply set up in their mailbox and it
>is replying to the list. And each reply causes the robot to
>reply again. We are gonna get spammed bigtime.
>
>I've been thinking about this anyway.
>Messages that go out on Harp-L should not have Harp-L as
>a reply address. The address of the original poster should
>be the reply address. This way too, if you just reply to
>something in Harp-L, only one person gets it. Much of the
>noise on Harp-L would go away if you had to explicitly
>send your post to the whole group.
>
>Hopefully someone will notice what's going on and disconnect
>the embot or take that address off the list, whoever notices
>first.
>
>
This is an excellent recommendation!  If the message is of general interest 
the response then can be sent back to Harp-L also.  This is the way it's 
done on the other servers I belong to.
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Chris Strickland
cstrick@xxxxxx