Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fBC1MI024143; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:22:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:22:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <13d.60e879d.29480a8e@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: ChloeMizoo@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:507] Re: Family Literacy Curriculums X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10539 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_13d.60e879d.29480a8e_boundary" Status: O Content-Length: 4813 Lines: 64 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 12/11/2001 4:14:36 PM Mountain Standard Time, ayw@georgetown.edu writes: > Seems like I fell victim to the confusing "reply to" feature in Outlook and > Netscape Messenger. I assumed that selecting "reply" instead of "reply to > all" would email my message only to the original sender. Perhaps it would help if we look at how listservs work. One person sends a message to the server (nifl-family@nifl.gov) and the server then sends it to everyone on the list. At that point, the server becomes the sender. So, whether you hit the Reply or the Reply All button, the address that automatically will be inserted on the To line will be the address of the server. It doesn't make any difference which e-mail software you use because all e-mail software will use the address that it got the message from. On a listserv, the server is the sender. So, when you assumed that selecting "reply" instead of "reply to all" would e-mail your response only to the original sender, it did what you assumed. It sent your message only to the sender. But remember, in a listserv situation, the sender is the server. The message you sent then traveled to the server, which in turn, sent your message to everyone on the list. The only way to respond to individuals is to manually replace the server's address on the To line with their addresses. If we tried to have a list like this one without it being a listserv on a server, we would have to use Reply All in order to post messages to everyone. We also would have the top million inches of each message taken up with the list of addresses the message went to. So, if you find yourself mumbling about having to copy and paste an individual address for the times you want to respond only to one person, think what it would be like to put a couple thousand addresses on the To line for those times you want to post to everyone on the list or what it would be like to scroll through those addresses to get to the message. :-) Hope this helps. Cheers, Chloe Fessler Montana Family Literacy Initiative
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