Administrivia #29986: A reminder about replies

From: Russ (Russ.Cooper_at_RC.ON.CA)
Date: 09/10/04

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    Folks,

    Messages that are sent to the list address should ensure that extraneous
    text is removed. This isn't Usenet, replies that include the entire
    original message are a waste of bandwidth. Take the excess text and
    multiply it by 30,000 and you'll get an idea of the waste. Further, they
    don't look good, and are often hard to read.

    I frequently have to send messages back to posters to ask them to
    resubmit. Those few that I don't do that with are usually too important
    to not put through.

    Also, if you reply to a message sent via NTBugtraq your reply will
    automatically be to the list address not the individual who posted the
    message. This was done to help prevent Out of Office messages from being
    sent to people who's messages are sent to the list. It doesn't prevent
    them all, but it does catch many.

    So, if you intend your reply strictly for the poster, cut and paste
    their email address from the message you are replying to into your To:
    field.

    Your replies are important, be they to the list or to the poster, so
    take an extra minute and do them up right.

    Cheers,
    Russ - NTBugtraq Editor

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    NTBugtraq Editor's Note:

    Want to reply to the person who sent this message? This list is configured such that just hitting reply is going to result in the message coming to the list, not to the individual who sent the message. This was done to help reduce the number of Out of Office messages posters received. So if you want to send a reply just to the poster, you'll have to copy their email address out of the message and place it in your TO: field.
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