In a message dated 12/15/02 10:30:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca writes:
> Sometimes I do as you suggest, and other times, such as this time, I hit
> reply, delete the name which shows up in the "To:" box, and type 'spr'
> which
> then fills in the spridgets address.
>
> But, this is only a courtesy to the list users, not a bandwidth problem for
> the list server, if I understand correctly, as your service provider mails
> out the copies to the individuals that were addressed.
>
I dunno. The duplicates sure as hell fill up my mailbox and waste a lot of
time. But I never complain about it. I leave complaining to the lurkers who
can't stand anything but tech talk. It seems like to me that duplicate posts
wastes bandwidth, but what do I know? I was born 2 centuries too late. 8^)
--David C.
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