[A83] Re: new program [OT]
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[A83] Re: new program [OT]
When you send a message to multiple recipients using the To or CC fields,
the mailer only sends one message, and relies on the MTA to handle the
separate deliveries. The reason why it is impolite to do this with mailing
lists is that it makes it impossible to correctly sort messages. A mailer
must rely on the To field to accurately determine the target mailing list.
Recipients on multiple lists end up receiving the exact same message
multiple times, and as such they get sorted incorrectly.
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/cross-post.html
Note that cross posting is different on mailing lists, for the technical
reasons mentioned above. The link is given as a historical reference for
the term.
> > Please don't cross post. If you want to send an email to two different
> > lists, send the emails separately.
>
> Sorry.
> But what's the difference between crossposting and sending the same
message
> twice?
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