At 08:37 27/06/00 -0400, Michael Levy wrote:

>Were it that easy...
>Try reply all and see what you get? You get a reply to that
>list only.

You're right of course but I still don't see the real problem (see below).

>Mail lists do not function like newsgroups wrt cross
>posting. There is no easy way to get my response in both
>lists.

So reply only in one list.

>Not even getting into how that will negatively affect
>threading of the subject because many do not use that in
>their mailers.

My point is (at last, I am getting there :-)  ) that if Sherry decides to
crosspost, the threads might get weird and people will lose interest in the
subject.  In any case, if it happens, and it bothers her, or others, they
can use the "D" key and/or not take part in that specific thread, and/or
tell Sherry to get lost :-).  I don't think that it is such a big deal,
that's all.

>Were this Usenet I would have no problem handling her
>posts... what happens in effect is I read them twice [once
>in each list] and can get confused

I'll tell you what I do in such cases.  I just stop reading posts from
people that annoy me :-)

>Yes, I can deal with that by ignoring one list or just her
>posts... but then I may miss the wisdom.  ;-)

Ah hah, and that will be a pitty :-)


Regards,

                   Kuty