Re: Please explain how to add to a thread in this mailing list

[Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Thomas Taylor <tayloth@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for responding to my post.  I think I asked the wrong question.
> What I really want to know is how to use this mailing list and others like
> it.  I'm new at this, and can't find any instructions anywhere.  Such lists
> must have become part of the culture, and I must have missed school that
> day.  I'm able to create a post, but don't know how to reply to one.
> Somehow I got the feeling that I should only reply to the mailing list,
> rather than directly to the person (like you) who responded to my post.  I
> don't get responses via email, and don't even know if I should.  Instead, I
> check for them periodically on the web page for the mailing list archive.
> If I find a response, I don't know the right way to reply.
>
>
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Are you subscribed such that you get each email as a separate email?

If so, all you have to do is reply.

Reply all s normally fine, but I've been on lists with various rules
(netiquettes).

I suspect your issue is how you subscribed to the list.

Greg

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