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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Tagging...
Message-ID: <9744@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 4 Oct 89 18:44:49 GMT
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In article <9737@chinet.chi.il.us> ignatz@chinet.chi.il.us (Dave Ihnat) writes:
>(I would think that a "reply" to multiple people would
>mean a single message to all recipients--this is one I've wanted for a long
>time, rather than having to construct a message and then run down everybody
>who needs a response.  I would *not* think, however, that they would need to
>know about each other; that's the purpose of CC.  Again, think of just doing
>it one-by-one, but let the tag perform the repetition.)

How about adding additional choices at the e)dit, s)end, f)orget (etc.)
prompt if there are tagged messages?  One choice could add CC: lines
for everyone else in the tagged list, one could send seperate messages
to each without the CC:'s showing, depending on the nature of the
correspondence and whether you want the recipients to be able to do
a group reply.  By making it a separate command, you would be unlikely
to use it accidentally, and you might have the option to view the list
before making the choice.

Also, perhaps a temporary alias could be defined for the tagged addresses
so you could just m)ail to it and get the expansion or give it a name
to save permanently.

Les Mikesell