Administrivia #29986: A reminder about replies

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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