Don Dando wrote:

I went to a bit of effort to reply to an inquiry in a post here about Towing
a boat.

After giving the subject some good thought and committing it to an email to
the originator it rejected as a bad address.

I'm certain this has happened to everyone, but I'm to the point that I'm not
responding to any more inquiries because it is just a waste of my time and
effort.

Certainly I realize that it happens because people use incorrect addressees
to limit the amount of junk mail they get. But if you ask a question how do
you expect people to answer it?

Sometimes I reply on the news group rather than to an individual and often
the reply never gets posted.

We've got to figure a better way to communicate! Or just read what's posted
and not bother with a reply.

Don Dando



HuH! Speak for yourself.

Post it to the group, is the consensus.

Press reply, not reply to all. That way, you won't be trying to send
mail to the group along with the positor's addy, munged for
protection. That could interrupt the entire spurt.

If you can post for yourself, you can post in reply. The subject
line determines the threading, so don't change it, if you want the
board to show it in association. 'Course, you can associate the
list any way you want to, once you download the headers, no?

I don't understand your indignation. Read the friggin' manual.

Oh, better mung your addy, or you'll probably get spammed.

Good luck, come again.

Terry K